A History of Sculptures Through the Ages I have collected the details of these nine sculptures from various historical periods, incorporating details about the sculptors and the artworks themselves and their locations. #HellenisticPeriod (323 BC) Some of the most famous Hellenistic sculptors: Lysippus, Chares of Lindos, Phidias
A History of Sculptures Through the Ages I have collected the details of these nine sculptures from various historical periods, incorporating details about the sculptors and the artworks themselves and their locations. #HellenisticPeriod (323 BC) Some of the most famous Hellenistic sculptors: Lysippus, Chares of Lindos, Phidias
1. Laocoön and His Sons (1st century BC) by Agesander, Athenodore, and Polydore: Currently located in the Vatican. Roman Imperial Period (20 BC) Some of the most famous Roman sculptors: Augustus of Prima Porta, Ludovisi Gaul, Barberini Faun
2. #AugustusofPrimaPorta: A full-length portrait statue of Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor. Origin and Style: A Roman copy of a lost Greek bronze statue, blending Greek and Roman artistic elements. Subject: Emperor Augustus, depicted with a youthful head and a heroic, idealized body reminiscent of Greek statues. Current Location: Displayed in the Braccio Nuovo section of the Vatican Museums. Gothic Period (1310) Some of the most famous Gothic sculptors: Hautsch and Nicolaus of Verdun
3. #Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings: The most renowned work of art in the Cologne Cathedral, an elaborately carved reliquary traditionally believed to hold the remains of the Three Magi or Three Wise Men. Italian Renaissance (1499-1504) Some of the most famous sculptors of the Italian Renaissance: Donatello, Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli
4. #Madonna_della_Pietà (1498–1499) by Michelangelo: A marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Currently located in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is a key work of Italian Renaissance sculpture and is often considered the start of the High Renaissance
. 5. #David (1501-1504) by #Michelangelo: A marble sculpture carved from a block of marble that had been partially blocked out by other sculptors. After Michelangelo completed the sculpture, the Florentine government decided to place it in front of the #PalazzoVecchio. Baroque Period (1622) Some of the most famous Baroque sculptors: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Alessandro Algardi, François Girardon
6. #The_Rape_of_Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini: A sculpture that exemplifies the elaborate style of the Baroque movement. Neoclassical and Romantic Periods (1759-1850) Some of the most famous Neoclassical and Romantic sculptors: Antonio Canova, Auguste Rodin, Horace Walpole
7. #The_Release_from_Deception (1759) by Francesco Queirolo: Depicts a fisherman being released from netting by an angel, allegorical to the man being liberated from his sins.
8. #The_Three_Graces by Antonio Canova: A Neoclassical marble sculpture of the mythological three Graces, daughters of #Zeus
. 9. #The_Veiled_Virgin 1850s by Giovanni Strazza: A Carrara marble statue depicting the bust of a veiled Virgin Mary. Iqbal Latif
