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  2. David (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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    David is a masterpiece [1] [2] of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the early modern period following classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond. David was originally commissioned as one ...

  3. Venus de Milo - Wikipedia

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    Louvre, Paris. The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos [b] is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the 2nd century BC, perhaps between 160 and 110 BC. It was rediscovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, Greece, and has been ...

  4. Auguste Rodin - Wikipedia

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    François Auguste René Rodin ( French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst ʁəne ʁɔdɛ̃]; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor [1] generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. [2] He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex ...

  5. Pietà (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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    The Madonna della Pietà ( Italian: [pjeˈta]; 1498–1499), informally known as La Pietà, is a marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Michelangelo Buonarroti, now in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is a key work of Italian Renaissance sculpture and often ...

  6. The Kiss (Rodin sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The Kiss. The Kiss ( French: Le Baiser) is an 1882 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin . The embracing nude couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating Rodin's monumental bronze portal The Gates of Hell, commissioned for a planned museum of art in Paris.

  7. The Thinker - Wikipedia

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    1904; 120 years ago. ( 1904) Medium. Bronze. The Thinker ( French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, situated atop a stone pedestal. The work depicts a nude male figure of heroic size sitting on a rock. He is seen leaning over, his right elbow placed on his left thigh, holding the weight of his chin on the back of his right hand.

  8. Antonio Canova - Wikipedia

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    Neoclassicism. Antonio Canova ( Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, [2] [3] famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, [4] his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the classical revival, and has been ...

  9. List of works by Michelangelo - Wikipedia

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    Marble. height 197 cm. Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (in Italian), Night and Day. c. 1526 – 1534. Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence. Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (in Italian), Dusk and Dawn [3] c. 1524 – 1534. Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence.

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