Angol leírás, sztori

This statue was created by the Czech Jaroslav Róna (1957) The statue was unveiled on September 17, 2010.

The theme of the Mythical ship - as it is on the banks of the Danube River - is bound to water, which was one of the inspirations to be created this artwork. As the Danube River flows from east to west through several states, it has played a significant role in the history of many nations.

Bratislava is the place for meeting different cultures that this statue also has to reflect. The motif and shapes of the boat perfectly fits both this vast river and the waterfront promenade as well.
The location is ideal to be combined motifs of travel, flowing of time and the evolution of the human race with each other as well as the migration of time and space.

The ship stands on three pillars for aesthetic and compositional reasons being resemble the ancient gods' rooms. Its base is a three-stairs pyramid, which is enhanced by the archaic appearance of this statue.
Passengers in the ship are also symbolic. The oarsman who is on the rear side of the ship drives the boat to dangerous rivers, while the woman in the middle is an beloved poetess, a noble and beautiful queen – a mother who carries the seeds of a hope and new life, says the master.

The third figure is a man's partner and protector, who able to predict the dangers and alert them in time. This is the ship of life itself.

The ship has simultaneously monumental and even so simplified shapes to be choosen by the sculptor which are represent the Egyptian and Assyrian distinctive shapes in the main expression as silhouettes. With this truly unique and strange appearance to make encounter between the heaven and water where this "mysterious ship" is at the center.
The sculptor, in any case, likes to break the limits of imagination with his works. This applies to this ship also. Every walker who admires this huge statue will have been being thinking about this subject they want.

The statue, however, rests on three steel pylons which are build-in a three-stairs concrete bed (138x513x50 cm - 54x202x20 in). The ship's material is bronze. At 236 cm (93 in), the bottom of the boat is at the top of the upper staircase, its total length is approx. 720 cm (283 in), height up to the top of the shoveled male figure from the bottom staircase approx. 750 cm (295 in)!