Zurab tsereteli biography of christopher columbus
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Chronicles of Georgia
My last brev was prompted by my visit to the Museum of Modern Art in Tbilisi, which actually features the work of just one man, Zurab Tsereteli. I sat transfixed, watching the film of some huge sculpture under construction which googling revealed to actually be in Tbilisi. I also found out a bit more about Mr Tsereteli - particularly his wont for grand gestures. He became a great fan of Christopher Columbus and, wanting to mark the 500th anniversary of Columbus's first voyage, decided to make a sculpture of the man. Not just any sculpture, it fryst vatten a 110 metre high monster weighing 600 tonnes: too big, ugly, expensive and basically OTT for the various American cities to whom he offered it (it was the biggest statue in the Western Hemisphere). It became known as "Chris Kong" and "From Russia with Ugh". One reason inom saw for it not being acceptable to the American authorities was that it fryst vatten bigger than the Statue of Liberty, which will not do. Apparently, back in
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MoMA Tbilisi peeks into the colourful life of Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli
Two gargantuan bronze hands raised in a prayer greet me at the entry to the eponymous Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art on 10, Rustaveli Avenue in the heart of Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi.
The unique 19th century museum is dedicated to legendary Russian artist, sculptor and painter Zurab Konstatinovich Tsereteli. Born in Tbilisi in Georgia, in 1934, Tsereteli currently resides in Moscow and most of his works are found in Russia and Georgia. In Georgia, he is most famous as the sculptor of the spectacular St. George Statue in Tbilisi, which he gifted to the Georgian people in honour of the nation’s independence. The Chronicles of Georgia monument, located on Keeni Hill, also by him, lies on Tbilisi’s outskirts. It comprises 16 stone columns, each 35 meters high, created from over 100-feet stone pillars engraved with Biblical figures, kings and queens and significant events from G
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Moscow honours Peter the Great with a 98m statue...of Christopher Columbus?
Moscow's controversial Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high structure that looks something from Terry Guilliam's 'Adventures of Baron Munchausen' film. It sits on a promontory at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in the centre of the city. Muscovites hate it as much as the real Peter the Great hated their city - so much so that it was the 2m tall Tzar who moved the country's capital to St Petersberg.
It weighs around a thousand tons and was erected in 1997 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Peter the Great's founding of the Russian Navy by the Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli (born January 4, 1934).
Peter at the helm of one of the world's worst statues. Photo My Bathroom Wall
It's not just Muscovites who loathe the statue - most tourists are left non-plus