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.
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Jeté (Enzo Plazzotta, 1975), at Millbank in Westminster,England,
illustrates the material's capabilities |
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| The Victorious Athlete (ca. 310 B.C.), is a rare, water-preserved bronze from ancient Greece. |
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| Perseus with the Head of Medusa (Benvenuto Cellini, 1545-54) in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy after the statue's cleaning |
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| Felter family grave with sculpture by Karol Hukan at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Poland |
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| Prospect Park War Memorial(Augustus Lukeman, 1921) in Prospect Park, Brooklyn |
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| Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Leone Leoni, mid-16th century) |
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| Richard the Lionheart (Carlo Marochetti, 1860), outside thePalace of Westminster in central London, England |
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| Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Marble sculpture |
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| Thomas R. Gould, The West Wind, 1876 |
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| The West Wind |
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The 1st-century BC sculpture 'The Reclining Hermaphrodite', in the Museo Nazionale Romano,
Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome |
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"The Dying Gaul", a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic work of the
late third century BCE Capitoline Museums, Rome |
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| 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 |
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| Sumerian male worshiper, 2750-2600 B.C |
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| A Liao Dynasty polychrome wood-carved statue of Guan Yin, Shanxi Province, China, (907-1125 AD) |
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| Wine jar, Western Zhou Dynasty (1050 BC-771 BC) |
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| Terracotta Army soldier and horse from the Qin Dynasty |
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| Chimera (from a tomb) , Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) |
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| Northern Wei Dynasty Maitreya (386-534) |
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Blue underglaze statue of a man with his pipe, from Jingdezhen,
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
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| Doctor's lady, mid-19th century |
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| A frog and lizard battle in this contemporary sculpture in Matsumoto, Japan. |
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| Gandhara Poseidon (Ancient Orient Museum) |
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| A Nepalese polychrome wooden statue of the Malla Kingdom, 14th century. |
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| Hindu, Chola period, 1000 AD |
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| 14th century sculpture |
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| Sculpture of Dancing Woman at Parsurameswar Temple |
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| A Sculpture in Mukteswar temple, Bhubaneswar |
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| Ife head, terracotta, probably 12-14th centuries |
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| "Green Head", Egypt, 500BC Altes Museum |
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A bronze ceremonial vessel made around the 9th century, one of the
bronzes found at Igbo Ukwu. |
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| A bronze ceremonial vessel made around the 9th century, one of the bronzes found at Igbo Ukwu. |
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| Yoruba bronze head sculpture, Ife, Nigeria c. 12th century A.D. |
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| A sculpture in ebony |
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| Makonde carving in ebony |
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Wood sculpture attributed to Zimbabwean artist Gideon Chidongo,
4th quarter of 20th century. |
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| Charioteer of Delphi, ancient Greek bronze statue, 5th century BCE, close up head detai |
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| Gothic sculpture, late 15th century. |
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| Giambologna, Rape of the Sabine Women, 1583, Florence, Italy, 13' 6" high,Marble |
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| Sculpture on the Discoveries Age and Portuguese navigators in Lisbon, Portugal |
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Gaston Lachaise, Floating Figure 1927, bronze, no. 5 from an edition of 7
,National Gallery of Australia |
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| Rodin's The Burghers of Calais in Calais,France. |
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