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Di Tingka (The Thinker), bai Ogost Ruodah (Auguste Rodin) c. 1902, Branz, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmaak
Leshan Jayant Buda, c. 803, stuon statiu kaav outa mountnsaid ina Leshan, Chaina

Statiu a skolpcha we riprizent wan or muo smadi ar animal (ingkluudn abschrak kansep aligarikali riprizent az piipl ar animal), naamali ful-lent, az opuoz tu a bos, ah akliis nier tu laif-saiz, ar laaja.[1] Sumaal statiu, yuujali likl anof fi kiah pikop, kaal a statyuet ar figariin.

Di definishan a statiu no aalwiez klier-kot; ikueschrian statiu a smadi a-raid aas, soertnli ingkluud, ah ina nof kies, laka Madana ah Pitni ar Pieta, skolpcha a tuu smadi wi kount azwel.

Statiu eh-projuus ina nof kolcha frah bifuo-ischri tu di prezant; di uolis nuo statiu diet tu bout 30,000 ier ago. Di wol taalis statiu, Spring Templ Buda, a 420 fut (128 m), ah ilokiet ina Lushan Kounti, Henan, Chaina.

  1. Merriam Webster's Dictionary difain statiu az: "wah chrii-dimenshanal riprizentieshan yuujali a smadi, animal, ar mitikal biin we eh-projuus bai skolpcharin, maglin, ar kyaasin" [1]