Sculpture 1-24
24 entries in the Sculpture compendium.
Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)Marble sculpture of Daphne's transformation into a laurel tree.Athena ParthenosColossal gold-and-ivory statue of Athena housed in the Parthenon.Athena PromachosColossal bronze Athena by Phidias on the Acropolis.Baroque sculptureBaroque sculpture emphasized dynamic movement and multiple viewing angles.Benin BronzesMetal plaques and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin.Bird in SpaceAbstract sculpture series focused on movement, not physical bird attributes.Bust (sculpture)A sculpted portrait of the head, neck, and upper chest.Capitoline WolfBronze she-wolf from Rome's founding legend, dating disputed.Cloud GateA reflective stainless steel sculpture nicknamed 'The Bean' in Chicago.Crystal Palace DinosaursFirst dinosaur sculptures in the world, unveiled 1854.Dancing Girl (prehistoric sculpture)Bronze statuette from Mohenjo-daro, c. 2300–1750 BC.David (Donatello, bronze)First freestanding nude male bronze since antiquity.David (Michelangelo)Colossal marble statue by Michelangelo, symbol of Florentine civil liberties.DiscobolusAncient Greek sculpture of a discus thrower by Myron.Ecstasy of Saint TeresaBernini's marble group of Saint Teresa's vision in the Cornaro Chapel.Elgin MarblesAncient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon, now in the British Museum.Equestrian statue of GattamelataFirst full-size equestrian statue of the Italian Renaissance.Fabergé eggJewelled Easter eggs created by the House of Fabergé for Russian tsars.Farnese HerculesAncient Roman marble copy of a lost Greek bronze of Hercules.Fountain (Duchamp)A porcelain urinal that redefined art through choice.Gommateshwara statueMonolithic Jain statue of Bahubali, a holy site.Guennol Lioness5,000-year-old Mesopotamian anthropomorphic lioness sculpture.Hermes and the Infant DionysusAncient Greek marble group of Hermes and infant Dionysus.FriezeCentral entablature section, often decorated with bas-reliefs.
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