Statue of Don Revie

[Si]

drapesy wrote: That Ted Bates one is hilarious - look at his hands!! I believe its been melted down. This has got to be the poorest public statue I have ever seen. Surely the artist (or anyone else) stood back to look at the original sculpture before it was (very expensively) cast, and thought, "The hands are rubbish, his head's way too big and cartoony, his legs are too small, and the general posture is as un-dynamic as possible." A complete waste of bronze.    

[Cardiarms]

Apparently it was originally to stand on a tall pedestal and something to do with perspective means you distort the upper part to make it look 'right' to someone looking up at it. Then they put it ona 1ft plinth and got the spawn of the Krankies. Michaelangelo's David has huge hands and everyone thinks that's great.

[dogduke]

Si wrote: drapesy wrote: That Ted Bates one is hilarious - look at his hands!! I believe its been melted down. This has got to be the poorest public statue I have ever seen. Surely the artist (or anyone else) stood back to look at the original sculpture before it was (very expensively) cast, and thought, "The hands are rubbish, his head's way too big and cartoony, his legs are too small, and the general posture is as un-dynamic as possible." A complete waste of bronze.     I see what you mean there Si,I don't know anything about Ted Bates.I only hope that it is not a good likeness and the sculptor got it right.

[Trojan]

Si wrote: drapesy wrote: That Ted Bates one is hilarious - look at his hands!! I believe its been melted down. This has got to be the poorest public statue I have ever seen. Surely the artist (or anyone else) stood back to look at the original sculpture before it was (very expensively) cast, and thought, "The hands are rubbish, his head's way too big and cartoony, his legs are too small, and the general posture is as un-dynamic as possible." A complete waste of bronze.     No that "honour" has to go to the one of Ernie Wise in Morley.http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/pe ... 549145.stm

[Trojan]

There's an interesting item here about the Revie years at Elland Roadhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/14 ... eds-united

[cnosni]

Trojan wrote: There's an interesting item here about the Revie years at Elland Roadhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/14 ... eds-united Great link to a great article Troj, cheers

[Leeds Hippo]

Trojan wrote: There's an interesting item here about the Revie years at Elland Roadhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/14 ... eds-united This was in the Observer on Sunday as wellI love the sentenceAnnoyed by Peace's supposed portrayal of him as a "winking, scheming leprechaun"And Norman Hunter's colourful repost to Brian Clough - frankly I'm amazed Clough made it out of that dressing room one in one piece!

[Leeds Hippo]

Trojan wrote: Si wrote: drapesy wrote: That Ted Bates one is hilarious - look at his hands!! I believe its been melted down. This has got to be the poorest public statue I have ever seen. Surely the artist (or anyone else) stood back to look at the original sculpture before it was (very expensively) cast, and thought, "The hands are rubbish, his head's way too big and cartoony, his legs are too small, and the general posture is as un-dynamic as possible." A complete waste of bronze.     No that "honour" has to go to the one of Ernie Wise in Morley.http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/pe ... 549145.stm Anyone noticed the "chip" missing from Ernie Wises's hat?

[chameleon]

Leeds Hippo wrote: In tonights YEP mentions a plan for a statue of Don Revie - my only concern that if you view it from a certain angle it looks like he's saying "Do that again and you'll get a bunch of fives"! Just concerned that visiting fans may get the wrong idea:-) News today -http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-17961398

[Leeds Hippo]

Quite a turn out too for the unveilingSome nice pics herehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/arti ... newsxmland video http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at- ... -1-4518536