Round 10: Tossup 20

Nina Akamu created a 24-foot-tall bronze statue of one of these animals based on notes from Leonardo da Vinci. For a sculpture of (15[1])one of these animals, Marinos Carburis designed a mechanism (15[1])to transport the Thunder Stone. Henry Standing Bear commissioned a 560-foot-tall sculpture featuring one of these animals that has been in progress since 1948. One of these animals steps over a cannonball in (*) Donatello’s Gattamelata. St. Petersburg is home to Étienne Falconet’s (“fal-koh-NAYS”) sculpture of a bronze one of these animals, which also appear in a statue of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline Hill. For 10 points, what animals are featured in equestrian statues? ■END■

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary