Global Monolithic Art

Iconic statues and monumental carvings from around the world reflecting cultural significance, craftsmanship, and historical narratives.

Chile, Easter Island, aka Rapa Nui. Rano Raraku, aka The Quarry. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Chile, Easter Island (aka Rapa Nui). Moai heads at Ahu Tongariki.

Women statue in the garden for lovers in the gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle, Merano, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Sitka National Historical Park Sitka, Alaska, USA

Drinking water fountain in the ruined city of Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, Europe

Exterior statue detail, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

Chile, Easter Island, aka Rapa Nui. Rano Raraku, aka The Quarry. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

LEON DEL MARISTAN - MARMOL - PERIODO NAZARI - S XIV. Location: ALHAMBRA-JARDINES DEL PARTAL. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Chile, Easter Island aka Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui National Park, historic site of Rano Raraku 'the quarry'. Volcanic hillside where moi were carved. Detail of large moi face.

More than 100 years old statue. Cemetery located in North Italy.

Viking statue in Gimli, Manitoba Canada

Kbal Spean (Bridge Head) is an 11th-13th century Angkorian era site on the southwest slopes of the Kulen Hills, 25 km from the main Angkor group. It consists of a series of stone carvings in and around the Stung Kbal Spean river. The motifs for the stone carvings are roughly three: myriads of lingams, depicted as neatly arranged bumps that cover the surface of a rock; lingam - yoni designs; and various Hindu mythological motifs, including depictions of gods and animals.

Hittite sculpture in Yesemek Village, historical open-air sculpture museum, Gaziantep, Turkey

Viking statue in Gimli, Manitoba Canada

Sculpture outside Jeita Grotto, Beirut, Lebanon

La Filles Des Dunes (Women at the Beach) - Carver: Claude Tardiff 1988 Montmagny, Quebec. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

England, Dorset, Portland, Tout Quarry Sculpture Park

Monument commemorating long line fishing and halibut. The icefjord nearby is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Greenland, Denmark

Iceland The Stone Trolls at the harbor Keflavik, human-like stone statues, Iceland.

Germany, Munich, Detail of the water power allegory on Reichenbach bridge

View of a bronze equestrian statue on a rocky base set against a cloudy sky, captured from a low angle emphasizing its size, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Sculpture Flute Player by Ernst Steinacker 2000, modern art, bronze, music, flute, district office, Feuchtwangen, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The seahorse sculpture on the malecon;Puerto vallarta mexico

Silhouette of human statues of granite stone

Mexico, Nayarit State, Bucerias. 'El Buzo,' or 'The Diver,' is the work of Jalisciense sculptor Octavio Gonzalez Gutierrez in collaboration with the Nayarit local Luis Armando Solorio. Depicts a pearl diver. Erected 2014.

Brückenheilige Würzburg stone sculptures in Wuerzburg Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.O.Photodesignx 2668029

Apokalyptische Reiter Detail Apokalyptische Reiter Detail Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 6850268

Europe, Germany, Berlin

Griffin sculpture made of stone, focal point: mouth, claws and shield of the griffin

Sphinx head, Contarini Fountain, 1780, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, detail.

Relief with bull´s head in the House of Inopos , Delos, Greece, Europe

The shape of faces carved by the wind in the rocks at Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA.

Close-up of a statue, Basilica Of St. Leucius, Canosa Di Puglia, Puglia, Italy

Sandskulpturen Ausstellung Prora, Ostseebad Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland *** Sand sculptures Exhibition Prora, Baltic seaside resort Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany 1020927375

ESCULTURA DE LA MONJA EN LA RUTA DE LAS CARAS DE BUENDIA - 1992 - 1,5 m. Author: JORGE JUAN MALDONADO (1962-) y EULOGIO REGUILLO. Location: RUTA DE LAS CARAS. Buendía. CUENCA. SPAIN.

Maori wood carving, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Monolithic column in Vigeland Sculpture Park at Frogner Park, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Romaina, Mehedinti, Orsova, along Danube River. Giant rock carving of King Decebal. Largest rock carving in Europe.

Hethersett, Co Wexford, Ireland; Sculpture In A Garden

Public art at Berkeley Square; London, England, UK

Stone face on the wall in Ambarita village, Indonesia

Alabaster Sphinx Memphis Egypt

ringender gigant Prager Burg statue of a fighting giant Prague Castle Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.O.Photodesignx 4107242

The Desire, sculpture by Joan Bennàssar, Can Picafort, municipality of Santa Margalida, Mallorca, Spain.

Greek style statue of nude man

Plaster cast of a human found at excavation, Pompeii, Italy, Plaster cast of a human found at excavation, Pompeii, Italy, Europe, landscape format, horizontal, Europe

South Africa, Cape Town, sculpture,

ESCULTURAS DEL PEINE DE LOS VIENTOS - ESCULTURA EN HIERRO REALIZADA ENTRE 1972 Y 1977. Author: EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002). Location: EXTERIOR. DONOSTI-SAN SEBASTIAN. Guipuzcoa. ESPAíA.

Two fragments of the colossal statue of King Psamtek I (664-610 BC), the first King of the 26th Dynasty

War memorial, created by Franz Josef Unterholzer, detail, Voitsberg, Styria, Austria, Europe

Detailed sculpture of a woman in front of a sunrise sky, mermaid, Gythio, Mani, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Sandskulpturen Ausstellung Prora, Ostseebad Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland *** Sand sculptures Exhibition Prora, Baltic seaside resort Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany 1020927387

View of colossal sleeping baby sculpture, crafted from brick-like segments, rests serenely under a vast sky, a symbol of tranquility, Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

Bronze statue of Kaysa in the Baltic Sea near Sellin, Ruegen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Sculpture, Art in Barcelona, Spain, Europe

Mxico, Canc£n, Chac-Mool statue

Artwork entitled Head Stone Pavement by Timm Ulrichs, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). Catalan architect. Park Guell. The Laundry Room Portico. Sculpture of the Laundress. Barcelona. Spain.

merlion merlion in merlion park at singapore Copyright: xZoonar.com/PlengsakxChuensriwirojx 4718463

Sculpture Black Cat, Zell Moselle, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

ESCULTURAS DEL PEINE DE LOS VIENTOS - ESCULTURA EN HIERRO REALIZADA ENTRE 1972 Y 1977. Author: EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002). Location: EXTERIOR. DONOSTI-SAN SEBASTIAN. Guipuzcoa. SPAIN.

Close-up of a statue in a park, Dong Hoi, Vietnam

Sandskulpturen Ausstellung Prora, Ostseebad Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland *** Sand sculptures Exhibition Prora, Baltic seaside resort Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany 1020927358

A sand sculpture on the beach during a competition in Siesta Key, FL.

The Bacchino, Boboli Garden, Florence Firenze, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Caribbean, Bermuda, Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda Maritime Museum, Keep Yard. Statue of Neptune

Treviso, Italy 1 January 2025: Bronze mermaid statue half-submerged in cagnan grande canal in treviso, a charming city in italy

A damaged sculpture

Mexico, Cancun, Sculptures at bottom of sea in Cancun Underwater Museum in Caribbean Sea

Photograph of a Griffin-like column capital statuary, Persepolis, Iran

Detail of wall relief, white Heroes of Peoples' Power memorial, Statue Park, Memento Park, Szoborpark, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

The Sultanganj Buddha, 500-700. Artist unknown.. Cast by the lost-wax technique on a clay core, this 6th to 7th Century bronze statue was excavated by E B Harris, a railway engineer, at Sultanganj, the state of Bihar, in northern India during the course of railway construction in 1862.

Wooden figures on the art trail at Naa'Waya'Sum Gardens (formerly the Tofino Botanical Gardens), Tofino, British Columbia, Canada, July 22, 2013.

Sculpture of Darwin, Science Park, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Mexico, Puerto Vallarta. Caballeo del Mar (The Seahorse) sculpture on the Malecon, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Wooden sculpture by the artist Toni Reinstadler from Sulden on the Wurzelweg, mountain village of Sulden, Solda, district of the municipality of Stilfs, Suldental, Ortler Alps, Ortles, Vinschgau, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Artful sand sculptures under dark clouds, Travemuende, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe

Proleek Dolmen, 21st century BC. Artist: Unknown

The "Steinkreis", stone circle, piece of art by Anatol Herzfeld, Museum Island Hombroich open-air museum, Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

The Neptune Fountain in Berlin Mitte was built in 1891 and designed by Reinhold Begas. The Greek god Poseidon (Neptune) is in the centre. The Neptune Fountain is one of the oldest fountains in Berlin and is considered one of the most beautiful in the city. The Neptune Fountain, also known as the Palace Fountain, is located between St. Mary's Church and the Red Town Hall in the Mitte district

Bronze sculptures, Cattle Drive, Pioneer Plaza, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Crab sculpture by Cesar Manrique at Jameos del Aqua, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Iceland, Reykjavik. The country's capital has a great reputation for outside art - this statue in a tucked away square is one of the more unusual.

Image on a point roof under which a metal flower hangs; Foundation decoration Noord.

The Little Mermaid at Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, the small and unimposing bronze statue is a Copenhagen icon and has been a major tourist attraction since 1913.

Mother and Child - Carver: Glen Spicer 1991. Matching sculpture in Montmagmy, Quebec; Duncan's Sister City. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British

Prehistoric art: Large incised stone slab, Papeete, Tahiti. 2007.

CAMPANA. Author: ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Fuente dragón o salamandra, Parque Güell, Barcelona. Author: ANTONI GAUDI.

A bronze statue in winter standing at a frozen water feature in the garden of the Shumway Condominiums in Kirkland, Washington State, USA.

Statue of Icarus lies before the ancient Greek Concordia Temple near Agrigento in Sicily.

WA, Long Beach, City Park, Razor Clam sculpture, in downtown Long Beach

Inside the Alabaster museum

Mother of the sea, Sassuma Arnaa-a legendary figure in Inuit culture. Sculpture by Christian Rosing in the colonial harbor Nuuk the capital of Greenland during late autumn. Greenland, Danish Territory. (Editorial Use Only)

mermaid statue, Mahatma Gandhi Park, Kollam Beach, Kerala, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

The Merlion statue, the symbol of Singapore, in turquoise light at night in Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Iceland, Reykjavik. Sculpture. Sigurjon olafsson museum.

Cuba, Vinales. Mural de la Prehistoria. A mural of evolution commissioned by Fidel Castro in 1960's, Mogote dos Hermanas

A 'big baby' statue at the Institute of Art and Technology, Wudaokou District, Beijing, China

Wood carving of an ancient Viking at Vestrahorn, Mountain near Hofn, Iceland (Large format sizes available)

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