23 Most Famous Sculptures In History That Everyone Must See

Sculptures are one of the oldest visual art forms in existence and one of the most publicly visible forms of artwork. It has been around for thousands of years, and it’s an art that can be created in a variety of materials, such as stone, wood, bronze, and more.

From our earliest times, sculpture has been an important way to understand culture and society, whether from portrait busts of great leaders or symbolic renderings of ethical principles.

Historically, sculpture has been defined against, and typically in direct opposition to, painting, largely because sculpture breaks the constraints of the canvas and embraces the possibilities of the third dimension. It occupies a space in a manner that is impossible to the very nature of painting.

The architectural foundations of sculpture, both literal and figurative, continued into both the Greek and Roman conceptions of this medium. Sculpture was tied to temples, public buildings, and monuments.

Two significant changes should, however, be noted. Whereas Egyptian sculpture existed primarily in relief form, Greek and Roman sculpture, the latter of which was mainly inspired in the replication and restoration of Greek sculpture began to experiment with freestanding figures, as, for instance, in the statue of Aphrodite of Melos.

Furthermore, whereas sculpture has previously been considered merely decorative in nature, it now began to take on a stronger significance as the representation of the gods.

In this collection, we will take a look at famous sculptures throughout history to show the variety of art that has captured the public’s imagination. Groundbreaking, beautiful, and often thought-provoking, these works have withstood the test of time.

Sections
00:00 Most Famous Sculptures In History
01:53 Venus of Willendorf
03:24 Nefertiti Bust
05:53 Great Sphinx of Giza
07:37 Terracotta Army
10:23 The Discus Thrower
11:30 Laocoön and His Sons
12:42 Winged Victory of Samothrace
13:38 Venus de Milo
14:49 David by Donatello
15:56 David by Michelangelo
17:14 The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
18:30 Madonna della Pietà
19:47 Perseus with the Head of Medusa
21:07 Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
21:50 Statue of Liberty
22:54 The Thinker by Rodin
24:00 Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni
24:48 Fountain by Duchamp
25:56 Lincoln Memorial
27:12 Monument to Yuri Gagarin
28:08 Manneken Pis
29:18 Maman by Louise Bourgeois
30:45 Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia / Britannia / MOMA

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