Venus of Willendorf

limestone 11 cm tall

prehistoric art

24,000-22,000 BCE

Bison with turned head, from La Madeleine, Dordogne, France, ca. 12,000 B.C.A relief carving of a bison on a reindeer antler, approx. 4" long.

“flattened sculpture in the round”, in that the thickness of the object does not correspond to reality.

Mask, 12th–9th century B.C.Mexico; TlatilcoCeramic; H. 5 1/8 in.

Statuette of Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 945–715 B.C.EgyptianGold; H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)

Statue of a kouros (youth), ca. 590–580 B.C.; ArchaicNaxian marble; H. without plinth 76 in. (193.04 cm)

Greek

Relief portrait of the emperor Lucius Verus, ca. 166–170; Antonine, Marble

RomanPortrait head of the Emperor Augustus

Standing Man, 16th–20th centuryMali; Dogon peoplesWood, patina; H. 82 7/8 in. (210.5 cm)

Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th centuryIndia, OrissaIvory; H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

A totem is any natural or supernatural object, being or animal which has personal symbolic meaning to an individual and to whose phenomena and energy one feels closely associated with during one's life.

PietàMichelangelo, 1499Marble, height 174 cm, width at the base 195 cmBasilica di San Pietro, Vatican

David was traditionally portrayed after his victory, triumphant over Goliath.

MichelangeloDonatello

Auguste Rodin Adam, modeled in 1880; this bronze cast in 1910 (French, 1840–1917)

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer; cast in 1922 from a mixed-media sculpture modeled ca. 1879–80Edgar Degas Bronze, partly tinted, with cotton skirt and satin hair ribbon, on a wooden base

Constantin Brancusi Bird in Space, 1923 (French, born Romania, 1876–1957)Marble; H. (with base) 56 3/4 in. (144.1 cm), Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

Reclining Figure, No. 4, 1954–55Henry Moore (British, 1898–1986)Bronze; 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.

Marcel Duchamp

Readymade – Found ObjectsBicycle Wheel 1951

Fountain 1917

Alberto Giacometti

Striding Man

Tall figure II and Tall figure III 1960

Duane Hanson

George Segal (1924-2000)

Untitled, ca. 1954

Robert Rauschenberg

Monogram 1955-1959

Transparent Horizon (1975)

Louise Nevelson

City on the High Mountain, 1983Steel painted black20' 6" x 23' x 13' 6"

Robert SmithsonEarthworks

Andy Goldsworthy

Earth Artist