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Famous Statues

introduction to art sculpture

For thousands of years, sculptural art has been very popular. The world’s most famous sculptures have become an essential component of our knowledge of ancient societies, and they were a method for these famous sculptors to demonstrate their talent while also providing a reminder of specific events or persons.

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Venus of Willendorf  (c. 25,000 BCE)  Unknown

#2

Bust of Nefertiti  (1345 BCE) Unknown

#3

Laocoön and His Sons  (c. 2nd Century BCE) Agesander of Rhodes

#4

Nike of Samothrace  (c. 190 BCE) Unknown

#5

Venus de Milo  (c. 130 BCE) Alexandros of Antioch

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David  (c. 1440) Donatello

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David  (1504) Michelangelo

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The Rape of Proserpina (1622) Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Statue of Liberty  (1886) Auguste Bartholdi

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The Thinker  (1880) Auguste Rodin

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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space  (1913) Umberto Boccioni

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Fountain  (1917) Marcel Duchamp

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Maman  (1999) Louise Bourgeois