Length1h 11m
About this audiobook
Mega Square Sculpture spans over 23,000 years and over 120 examples of the most beautiful sculptures in the world: from prehistoric art and Egyptian statues to the works of Michelangelo, Henry Moore and Niki de Saint-Phalle. It illuminates the wide variety of materials used and the evolution of styles over centuries, as well as the peculiarities of the most important sculptors.
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Length1 hr 11 mins
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Publish dateJul 1, 2011
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Sculpture
2Foreword
3Girardon, François
4Hosmer, Harriet
5Torrigiani, Pietro
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6accessory and complement of the eldest of the
7However, little by little, sculpture soon
8Cyclade Islands, Greece, 2700-2400 B.C marble The Menil Collection, Houston
9low-relief and sculpture in the round.
10civilisation in the Nile Basin that one must
11search for the origins of the arts. Around the
12Rivals to the Egyptians, the Assyrians
13Sesostris III
14the Greek civilisation, then the Roman, by
15Greek sculpture
16The Aphrodite of Melos, like other Gods and
17model, prototype, apotheosis of humanity. We
18580 B.C. Museum of the Agora of Athens
19Roman sculpture
20sculptor. So, the Romans themselves or the
21Kouros from Anavyssos
22materials and richness over beauty.
23510 B.C sandstone Villa Giulia National Museum, Rome
24deep antipathy towards the fine arts and
25Italian sculpture
26Born in Florence in 1474, Michelangelo
27Zeus and Ganymede
28at the early thoughts and inspiration of the artist.
29460 B.C. marble Museum of Archaeology, Olympia
30Two Discus Throwers
31It was Antonio Canova (1757-1822) who
32sculpture around the turn of the century
33Spanish sculpture
34Victory Fastening Her Sandal
35Flanders, England, and then Spain.
36Statue from Riace
37than the Moses by Michelangelo. Amongst
38350 B.C marble National Archaeological Museum, Reggio Calabria
39Alonzo Berruguete (1488-1561) and
40because of the diversity of his talents. With
41German sculpture
42Hermes with Sandal
43Decker and Adam Kraft (c.1455-1509).
44225 B.C bronze Capitoline Museums, Rome
45During the period of the three German
46schools of paintings, Nuremberg, Augsburg
47The protestant religion, less sumptuous than
48Venus of Melos
49Charlottenburg. The Saxon Ernest Rietschel
50Flemish sculpture
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