The South of France.

[JohnnyAnger]

Nice now has a copy of "David".

I take it that it's in honour of you?

 

[Vitamin]

It is on loan for 3 years and part of the council's programme to display monumental works of art in the gardens and squares.

Still seems a little gawdy if it's not the real thing.

 

[dpnice]

Putting a replica of the Statue of Liberty in France makes some sense, but David? That's just as tasteless as that hotel in Vegas that's meant to replicate one of the Pyramids of Giza.

Isn't that just a little over exaggerating it?

 

[Vitamin]

Isn't that just a little over exaggerating it?

Not by much. Still has that "tourist trap" ring to it to me at least.

 

[zoltanspawn]

That's just as tasteless as that hotel in Vegas that's meant to replicate one of the Pyramids of Giza.

Vegas was a real class act until that thing arrived.

 

[Vitamin]

Vegas was a real class act until that thing arrived.

Totally

 

[DonQuixote]

Oh, yeah. Nothing tasteless or crass commercial in Vegas at all until that hotel/casino arrived.

 

[Yooper]

I take it that it's in honour of you?

It's in honour of our David, except he's really, really cold.

 

[dpnice]

The statue's penis always seems very small. I wonder if it has ever been measured.

 

[Vitamin]

The statue's penis always seems very small. I wonder if it has ever been measured.

Excellent point. It also seems too small to determine whether it is cut or uncut in photographs. I'm sure the authorities wouldn't pay much mind if you were to approach the replica and slowly lean into the statue's crotch area for better inspection. Just try not to read a whole lot into the statue's hard-on. That is a permanent feature for him.

 

[DonQuixote]

I figure he's a grower, not a shower.

And it was a YOUNG David - perhaps he hadn't hit his full stride yet.

 

[Devois]

Still seems a little gawdy if it's not the real thing.

Bah. Either it's good art or it's not. The only issues with replicas are overexposure leading desensitisation and poor setting, like if you just dumped the statue, original or not, on your lawn.

And isn't the penis size just following a classical ideal.