50 Sculptures You Should KnowFor centuries artists have been expressing their ideas, faith, passion, and rage in three-dimensional works that reflect historical eras, tell stories, reveal mysteries, and even create scandals. Starting from ancient times and continuing through the Classical, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, and Modern periods, this collection introduces readers to the artists and works that make sculpture such an exciting medium to explore. Among the artists included in the book are Michelangelo, Bernini, Rodin, Duchamp, Giacometti, Calder, Moore, Beuys, de Saint Phalle, and Bourgeois. From the Madonna of Essen, the oldest known sculpture of the Virgin Mary, to the sinuous metal sheets that make up Richard Serra's Matter of Time, each work is presented in spreads that offer beautiful photographs, biographical profiles of the artists, historical context, and anecdotal information. Broader texts describe various eras and styles as the book moves chronologically toward the present day, providing an art history lesson for everyone. |
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DISCUS THROWER | 13 |
THE KORAI OF THE ERECTHEION | 14 |
APOLLO BELVEDERE | 16 |
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Acropolis ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Alexander Calder angel antiquity architect architecture artist Auguste Rodin Baptistery becomes begins Berlin Bernini Bernward Born Bottle Rack bronze Canova Cathedral century Chapel Charlemagne Chartres Christ church classical Cologne commission Constantin Brancusi David detail Discus Thrower Donatello doors Edgar Degas Egid Quirin Asam equestrian statue Essen famous feet figures Florence Fountain Franz Anton Bustelli Gates of Paradise GERMAN EMPEROR Gero Crucifixion GIAN LORENZO BERNINI Golden Madonna Gormley Gothic Greek head Henry Moore Hildesheim Houdon huge JOSEPH BEUYS Little Dancer Lorenzo Ghiberti marble Marcel Duchamp Marcus Aurelius Medici Michelangelo monumental Munich Musée Naumburg Niccolò Pisano Nicholas of Verdun Niki de Saint Otto PABLO PICASSO painted painter Paris Pergamon Altar Peter Parler plinth Pope portrait Prague Roman Rome Saint Phalle Samothrace scene sculpture Self-Portrait shrine Sluter statuette stone surviving Three Kings Tilman Riemenschneider Venice victory Virgin Voltaire World York