25 Figure Sculptures you need to know…

1. 25 Figure Sculptures you need to know…

2. Edmonia Lewis Forever Free, 1867. Forever Free is a representation of the emancipation of African-American slaves after the Civil War. Lewis attempts to break stereotypes of African-American women with this sculpture. For example, Lewis allows the woman to be completely dressed while the man is partially dressed. This draws attention away from the notion of African-American women being sexual and erotic figures. This sculpture is also a representation of the end of the Civil War. While African-Americans are technically free, they continue to be restrained due to the fact that the couple still has chains wrapped around their bodies.

3. Antoine-Louis Barye Jaguar Devouring a Hare 1850 ROMANTIC

4. Ivory belt mask of a Queen Mother mid-16th century. NIGERIAN The Portuguese served as mercenaries in the army of Benin's Oba Esigie (r. ca. 1504-1550). His mother, Idia, helped him in warfare, and he honored her with the title of Iy'oba (Queen Mother). The ivory belt mask probably represents Idia. It contains symbolic references to Benin's trade and diplomatic relationships with the Portuguese and to the Iy'oba's link to Olokun, god of the sea. Interspersed in the front row of her hair are Portuguese heads with mustaches. The Benin culture probably associated the Portuguese with Olokun. Mudfish, which have barbels like catfish, symbolically represented Olokun, and often served as sacrificial offerings.

5. Clodion (Claude Michel) Nymph and Satyr Carousing, Late 18th century (ca. 1780–90)NEOCLASSICAL While often Neoclassical, his manner at times remained quite Rococo, as in the present example. Although Clodion received a number of important commissions for monumental marble sculptures, his fame and popularity rested on his skill at modeling small-scale terracotta groups for private collectors.

6. Bernini Bust of Louis XIV 1665 FRENCH BAROQUE

7. Antonio Canova,Pauline Borghese as Venus, 1808. NEOCLASSICAL

8. Charioteer ca. 470 BCE Bronze. EARLY CLASSICAL GREEK

9. Kroisos ca. 530 BC ARCHAIC GREEK

10. Gianlorenzo BerniniDavid 1623 ITALIAN BAROQUE

11. PolykleitosDoryphoros (The ‘Spear-Bearer’) C450 BCE HIGH CLASSICAL GREEK

12. Dying Gaul Pergamon, Turkey ca. 230-220 BC HELLENISTIC PERIOD

13. Augustus of Primaporta,Early 1st Century BCE REPUBLIC ROME

14. The Four Tetrarchs 305 ADLATE EMPIRE ROMAN

15. Peplos Kore Athens, Greece ca. 530 BC ARCHAIC GREEK

16. Gero Crucifixion, commissioned by Archbishop Gero ca. 970OTTONIAN (Early Medieval) This Crucifix, carved in oak and then painted and gilded, epitomizes the revival of interest in monumental sculpture during this period. The six-foot-tall image of Christ nailed to the cross is both statue and reliquary [a shrine for sacred relics]. A compartment in the back of the head held the Host. This dramatically different conception of the crucified Savior digresses from the Early Christian image of the youthful Christ triumphant over death in that he is represented as an all-too-human martyr in intense agony. Though the work may seem more similar to the Byzantine representations of a suffering Christ, its emotional power is unparalleled. Blood streaks down his forehead from the (missing) crown of thorns. Christ's body sags under its own weight. The muscles are stretched to the limit - those of his right shoulder and chest seem almost to rip apart.

17. Virgin and Child Notre Dame, Paris Early fourteenth century LATE GOTHIC

18. Apollo from Veii C500 BCE5’10” in height. ETRUSCAN

19. Kritios Boy ca. 480 BCE EARLY CLASSICAL GREEK

20. Antoine Houdon Bust of George Washington 1786 NEOCLASSICAL

21. Kouros Greece ca. 600 BC ARCHAIC GREEK

22. Praxiteles Hermes and Infant Dionysus(Roman Copy) Late Classical Period

23. Auguste Rodin, The Thinker(or The Poet) C1880 POST-IMP

24. Auguste Rodin,Burghers of Calais, 1884-86. POST-IMP

25. Umberto BoccioniUnique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913. FUTURISM

26. Marcel Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase, 1912. FUTURISM