Tuesday, 27 March 2012

World of Sculptures.

Sculpture is an important form of public art. A collection of sculpture in a garden setting may be referred to as a sculpture garden. The great civilizations of the old world worked in bronze for art, from the time of the introduction of the alloy for edged weapons. Below are few examples that exist in good condition today. Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials - typically stone - or marble, metal, glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic") materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals.

Jeté (Enzo Plazzotta, 1975), at Millbank in Westminster,England,
 illustrates the material's capabilities


The Victorious Athlete (ca. 310 B.C.), is a rare, water-preserved bronze from ancient Greece.

Perseus with the Head of Medusa (Benvenuto Cellini, 1545-54) in the Piazza della Signoria in FlorenceItaly after the statue's cleaning

Felter family grave with sculpture by Karol Hukan at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Poland

Prospect Park War Memorial(Augustus Lukeman, 1921) in Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Leone Leoni, mid-16th century)

Richard the Lionheart (Carlo Marochetti, 1860), outside thePalace of Westminster in central London, England

Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, Marble sculpture

Thomas R. GouldThe West Wind1876

The West Wind

The 1st-century BC sculpture 'The Reclining Hermaphrodite', in the Museo Nazionale Romano,
Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome

"The Dying Gaul", a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic work of the
late third century BCE 
Capitoline Museums, Rome

Michelangelo Moses, (c. 1513–1515), housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The sculpture was commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb

Sumerian male worshiper, 2750-2600 B.C

A Liao Dynasty polychrome wood-carved statue of Guan Yin, Shanxi Province, China, (907-1125 AD)

Wine jar, Western Zhou Dynasty (1050 BC-771 BC)

Terracotta Army soldier and horse from the Qin Dynasty

Chimera (from a tomb) , Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD)

Northern Wei Dynasty Maitreya (386-534)

Blue underglaze statue of a man with his pipe, from Jingdezhen,
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
 
Doctor's lady, mid-19th century

A frog and lizard battle in this contemporary sculpture in Matsumoto, Japan.

Gandhara Poseidon (Ancient Orient Museum)

Nepalese polychrome wooden statue of the Malla Kingdom, 14th century.

Hindu, Chola period, 1000 AD

14th century sculpture

Sculpture of Dancing Woman at Parsurameswar Temple
A Sculpture in Mukteswar temple, Bhubaneswar

Ife head, terracotta, probably 12-14th centuries

"Green Head", Egypt, 500BC Altes Museum

A bronze ceremonial vessel made around the 9th century, one of the
 bronzes found at Igbo Ukwu.

A bronze ceremonial vessel made around the 9th century, one of the bronzes found at Igbo Ukwu.

Yoruba bronze head sculpture, Ife, Nigeria c. 12th century A.D.

A sculpture in ebony
Makonde carving in ebony

Wood sculpture attributed to Zimbabwean artist Gideon Chidongo,
4th quarter of 20th century.

Charioteer of Delphiancient Greek bronze statue, 5th century BCE, close up head detai

Gothic sculpture, late 15th century.

GiambolognaRape of the Sabine Women, 1583, Florence, Italy, 13' 6" high,Marble

Sculpture on the Discoveries Age and Portuguese navigators in LisbonPortugal

Gaston LachaiseFloating Figure 1927, bronze, no. 5 from an edition of 7
,
National Gallery of Australia 

Rodin's The Burghers of Calais in Calais,France.

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