Can anyone give me the history of these statues? The time period they were actually erected? I have been told they are also cheaply made and no museum would actually want them as well but no sources. I know this is up for a heated debate everywhere but I would love some educational sources on it all.
There was a fantastic discussion of this a couple of years ago, with input from a variety of flaired contributors. The post also contains many links to other discussions that provide context for why they were put up, what value they have artistically (or not), and the purpose statues serve from our point of view as historians.