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The equestrian sculpture is insofar a miracle which stands for Fernkorn's craftsmanship as a sculptor, as only the two back legs of the horse have a connection with the pedestal, it is only the second oldest in the world of this kind, after the Monument to Nicholas I in Saint Petersburg, outdoing the achievement of Tacca's equestrian sculpture ...
Leochares: Apollo Belvedere.Roman copy of 130–140 AD after a Greek bronze original of 330–320 BC. Vatican Museums. Classical sculpture (usually with a lower case "c") refers generally to sculpture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, as well as the Hellenized and Romanized civilizations under their rule or influence, from about 500 BC to around 200 AD.
Image credits: JamesLucasIT Sculpture as an art form dates back to 32,000 years B.C. Back then, of course, small animal and human figures carved in bone, ivory, or stone counted as sculptures.
Image Type Creator Ref. The Seated Scribe: Sculpture (Egyptian) [1] Venus de Milo: Sculpture (Greek) Alexandros of Antioch Coronation of the Virgin: Fra Angelico: Winged Victory of Samothrace: Sculpture (Greek) Pythokritos (?) [1] Apollo of Piombino: Sculpture (Greek) Diana of Versailles: Sculpture (Greek) Las Incantadas: Sculpture (Roman ...
Claude Cahun (1894–1954), France; Alexander Calder (1898–1976), US; Alexander Milne Calder (1845–1923), Scotland/US; Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), US; Florence Callcott (1866–1938), England
Sculptures and statues can provide a fascinating insight into the time they were made. And sometimes, they contain little “secrets”—details that reveal the mind of the creator, or just make ...
It is the fifth-most valuable sculpture to date (2018) and the most valuable piece from antiquity. [6] Damien Hirst has claimed that his sculpture For the Love of God, which consists of a platinum cast of a human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, was sold for £50 million (around US$75 million) in August 2007. The truth of this ...
Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture from regions south of the Sahara was historically made of wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than a few centuries ago, while older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.