Famous Sculptures

Adkins Humanities

 Venus Goddess of beauty and

love Venus = Aphrodite Medium - Marble

Antonio Canova 1804-1812

 David Medium Bronze First freestanding nude male sculpture made in 1,000 years. According to the Bible, David, a small teenage boy with a slingshot killed a massive, fully-armed man named Goliath. He did it with one shot from his slingshot.
Donatello 1430-1435

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Artist Gianlorenzo Bernini Medium Marble Saint Teresa was a nun who had visions of angels. In one incident, she described the angel as piercing her heart with a spear. She later was made a saint by the church.

Gianlorenzo Bernini 1645-1652

 The Thinker Medium Bronze and

Marble There are at least 20 casts around the world, one of which is at U of L.

Auguste Rodin 1840-1917

 Pieta Medium Marble Mary is holding the

body of Jesus after he has been crucified. Located in St. Peters Basilica (Vatican City)

Michelangelo 1497-1500

 David Medium Marble 17 feet tall

Michelangelo 1501-1504

 Mademoiselle Pogany

Constantine Brancusi 1876-1957

 Coquille Baillante

Jean Arp 1964-1965

 Column (Model)

Naum Gabo 1923

 Three Piece

Reclining Figure No. 2

Henry Moore 1963

 Horizontal Yellow Alexander Calder 1972

 The Gates

Christo 2005

LHomme Qui March I Alberto Giacometti Medium: Bronze Life-Sized Most expensive sculpture ever sold $104.3 million

 Cubi XIX Medium: Stainless

Steel

David Smith 1964

 Venus de Milo Venus = Aphrodite (the goddess of love an beauty) Artist unknown The arms may have been broken when it was dragged across rocks to the ship (??) Louvre (Paris, France) 150-100 bc

 Nike of Sahothrace a.k.a Winged Victory

Venus of Willendorf
Stands 4 inches tall Represents fertility 30,000-25,000 bc

Chartres Cathedral Columns

Jean DuBuffet Monument with Standing Beast

 The Burghers of Calais August Rodin 1866

Part of the East Pediment, Parthenon 438-432 B.C.E.

The Mediterranean Aristide Maillol 1902-5 (Cast 1951)

 Kouros = a representation of a young male from ancient Greece This is one of many kouroi. Kouroi are typically lifesized. Artist unknown 615 B.C.E.

 Samson Slaying a Philistine Giovanni Bologna 1562

The Kiss Auguste Rodin Medium: Marble (1889)

The Kiss/Gustav Klimt/ Medium: Oil and Gold Leaf (1908)

Little Dancer of 14 Years Edgar Degas Medium: Bronze 1881

 Monolithic human figures carved out of rock The figures are called Moai. There are 887 Moai figures on Easter Island, and island is located 2,000 west of Chile in the Pacific Ocean. The heaviest moai weighs 87 tons. (1250-1500)

 Mount Rushmore George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln South Dakota Granite/Mountain

 Lincoln Memorial Washington, D.C. Medium - Marble

 The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Artist: Damien Hirst Consists of a tiger shark in formaldehyde Was reportedly sold for 8 million dollars The original shark had to be replaced because of deterioration. Twitter Name - @Hirst_Shark

 Puppy Artist: Jeff Koons Giant topiary dog

 Tete Artist: Amedeo Modigliani (Mrs. Adkins favorite artist) Medium - limestons One of the most expensive sculptures ever sold $52,620,923

Nearly full term with she and Modiglianis 2nd baby, Jeanne Heberturne (Modiglianis lover) committed suicide by jumping out of a window. She did this after he died. She was 21. Their daughter was now an orphan. Modigliani died from meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, alcoholism, and drugs.