15 most famous sculptures from around the world that everyone should know about

Sculptors are masters of three-dimensional art, who throughout the history of mankind have been working to give incredible shapes to marble, bronze, wood and other materials. Sculpture has always been an important way to understand culture and society, whether it be portrait busts of great leaders or a symbolic depiction of ethical principles.

If you try to count all the famous sculptures in the history of mankind, you will find that the list is endless. Today we show you the 15 most iconic and great works of this amazing fine art that everyone should know about.

Bust of Nefertiti, Thutmose, 1345 BC An image that has long been a symbol of the ideal of female beauty. Now stored in the New Museum in Berlin.

Terracotta Army, 3rd century BC An incredible example of funeral art: 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, 670 horses. The army was created to protect the Chinese emperor in the afterlife. It was discovered only in 1974, when the farmers were digging a well.

Nika of Samothrace, 190 BC A cult example of Hellenistic Greek sculpture, stored in the Louvre.

Venus of Milos, 130 B.C. The legendary marble sculpture dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Also located in the Louvre.

David, Donatello, 1430-1440 Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello created his David almost 100 years before the legendary David Michelangelo appeared.

David, Michelangelo, 1501-1504 One of the most iconic sculptures in the history of mankind.

The Statue of Liberty, designed by Frederick Auguste Bartholdy and built by Gustav Eiffel, 1876-1886. A copper statue depicting the Roman goddess Libertas is a symbol of US freedom.

The Thinker, Rodin, 1880 (cast in 1904). A masterpiece of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, who became a symbol of philosophy.

Unique forms of continuity in space, Umberto Boccioni, 1913 (cast in 1931). A stunning sculpture by the brilliant Italian artist Umberto Boccioni, who died at 33, is now presented at the New York Museum of Modern Art.

Fountain, Duchamp, 1917. Once upon a time, Marcel Duchamp set the world of art on the ears of his Fountain, a sculpture that is essentially a porcelain urinal. The innovative work challenged all art connoisseurs and made us think about the traditional concepts of craftsmanship and aesthetics in art.

Lincoln Memorial, designed by Daniel Chester French and cast by PICCIRILLI BROTHERS, 1920. Sculpture depicting the contemplative Lincoln sitting inside a magnificent temple that forms the rest of the Lincoln Memorial. In the 1930s, this space became a symbol of racial relations in the United States.

A bird in space, Konstantin Brancusi, 1923. A series of sculptures of the Romanian artist in marble and bronze, depicting, rather than a physical likeness of a bird, but a sense of movement. The original version is currently kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Inflatable Dog, Jeff Koons, 1994-2000 The artist, who became the author of one of the most outstanding works of the 20th century, created a series of such sculptures of sparkling toy dogs. One of them went under the hammer at Christie's auction for $ 58.4 million in 2013.

Mom, Louise Bourgeois, 1999. The masterpiece, which is considered a symbol of the merger of physical and psychological strength, is located near the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor, 2004. One of the most famous works of the scandalous sculptor is in Chicago. Liquid mercury inspired the artist to create such an object.

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