What's your favorite sculpture of all time?

CHANGEinWAVES

'The Winged Victory of Samothrace' has been mine since I first laid eyes on it in person in 98. It's not really my art "style" (i'm more of a modernist) but there's something about the strength, fluidity and grace it has that captivates me. I simply love this piece:)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Nike_of_Samothrake_Louvre_Ma2369_n4.jpg

ok art lovers what is your favorite sculpture?

fuck

The gods sculpted my body to the proportions of Michelangelo's David.

Lesbelges

Apollo and Daphne

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/~swb24/books/bernini.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://justelecommencement.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default&usg=__Tmp7IaOPx-Rsu8k3qehrm2xDPok=&h=929&w=585&sz=60&hl=en&start=193&um=1&tbnid=snBc_sFJ2fH3NM:&tbnh=147&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvilla%2Bborghese%2Bstatua%26start%3D180%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

Lesbelges

_outlaw wrote:

The gods sculpted my body to the proportions of Michelangelo's David.

You have a tiny peepee? :P

CHANGEinWAVES

Lesbelges wrote:

You have a tiny peepee? :P

LOL

fuck

Lesbelges wrote:

You have a tiny peepee? :P

dammit.

Royals32

I experienced this in 2007 during the Lollapalooza festivities.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/222198289_54e58128d4_o.jpg

It's just so cool on so many levels.

CHANGEinWAVES

Royals32 wrote:

I experienced this in 2007 during the Lollapalooza festivities.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/222198289_54e58128d4_o.jpg

It's just so cool on so many levels.

i was quite enamored by that one myslef:D

chiquimonkey

ayyy so hard to choose! here are my top faves....until i can think of more haha

cupid and psyche - i have a print of this up in my bedroom, it's so beautiful
http://www.drdzoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cupid_and_psyche.jpg

michelangelo - his unfinished work has always captivated me
http://www.chess-theory.com/images5/20014_renaissance_sculpture.jpg

the pieta, just sublime
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/30/arts/Michelslide5.jpg

my fave sculptor of all, rodin going to his house in paris and seeing all his work blew my mind to bits!! too hard to pick a favorite, here are some

http://www.billylamont.com/hand%20of%20God.jpg

http://praxical.blogsome.com/wp-admin/images/RodinCupidandPsyche.jpg

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1158/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1158-1286.jpg

mickeyrat

classics? Probably anything by Michealangelo and definately The Thinker by rodin

CHANGEinWAVES

chiquimonkey wrote:

ayyy so hard to choose! here are my top faves....until i can think of more haha

cupid and psyche - i have a print of this up in my bedroom, it's so beautiful
http://www.drdzoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cupid_and_psyche.jpg

michelangelo - his unfinished work has always captivated me
http://www.chess-theory.com/images5/20014_renaissance_sculpture.jpg

the pieta, just sublime
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/30/arts/Michelslide5.jpg

my fave sculptor of all, rodin going to his house in paris and seeing all his work blew my mind to bits!! too hard to pick a favorite, here are some

http://www.billylamont.com/hand%20of%20God.jpg

http://praxical.blogsome.com/wp-admin/images/RodinCupidandPsyche.jpg

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1158/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1158-1286.jpg

The Pieta is simply beautiful, my parents saw it when it 'toured' in the 70's. I grew up with miniature sculptures of it in the house, it captures something exquisite!
there's a rodin museum here in Philly...I love going there:D

Lesbelges

Oh yeah I forgot la Pieta! Absolutely amazing sculpture!

g under p

http://www.brianowensart.com/bmarley.jpeg

"Bob Marley" by Alvin Marriott. Cast Bronze, Celebrity Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
photographer: Norman Marriott.


Peace

justam

_outlaw wrote:

dammit.

How could you NOT notice that problem?

chiquimonkey

justam wrote:

How could you NOT notice that problem?

just throw a fig leaf on and hit the town haha

mickeyrat

chiquimonkey wrote:

just throw a fig leaf on and hit the town haha

That was NOT the artists intent. C'mon wheres your artistic integrity?

chiquimonkey

mickeyrat wrote:

That was NOT the artists intent. C'mon wheres your artistic integrity?

i know dummy it was the pope that was being all uptight

mickeyrat

chiquimonkey wrote:

i know dummy it was the pope that was being all uptight

of course you knew, just tired and too lazy to type LOL

chiquimonkey

mickeyrat wrote:

of course you knew, just tired and too lazy to type LOL

your point? haha i figured it was common knowledge, no need to state it

fuck

justam wrote:

How could you NOT notice that problem?

I was just quoting It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...

Cocaine_Nosejob

Does the Sphinx count? That's my fav.

The Thinker by Rodin
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/The_Thinker,_Auguste_Rodin.jpg


Farnese Atlas
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/1509414582_277a7d6d5f.jpg?v=0

catefrances

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

'The Winged Victory of Samothrace' has been mine since I first laid eyes on it in person in 98. It's not really my art "style" (i'm more of a modernist) but there's something about the strength, fluidity and grace it has that captivates me. I simply love this piece:)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Nike_of_Samothrake_Louvre_Ma2369_n4.jpg

ok art lovers what is your favorite sculpture?

hahaha i ate her head.

i agree the folds in her gown. . and the way her gown clings to her body and you can see her belly button. just beautiful

CHANGEinWAVES

catefrances wrote:

hahaha i ate her head.

oh your bad....sooo bad:p

catefrances

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

oh your bad....sooo bad:p

sooo bad im real good.
bwahahaha

CHANGEinWAVES

catefrances wrote:

sooo bad im real good.
bwahahaha

i'm GOOD at being BAD!
I don't bite the heads off of women........ just men;)

catefrances

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

i'm GOOD at being BAD!
I don't bite the heads off of women........ just men;)

heck. i dont distinguish between guys and girls. youre stupid enough to get too close and its all fair as far as im concerned.

CHANGEinWAVES

catefrances wrote:

heck. i dont distinguish between guys and girls. youre stupid enough to get too close and its all fair as far as im concrened.

.....:)
now post a sculpture!

sourdough

OK completely uncreative but honest nonetheless... Michaelangelo's David.

I passed on seeing the real deal the first time I was in Florence b/c I thought I'd rather spend more time in the other museums that had a better collection than one masterpiece and was content with the replica outside, but last time I went I went into the Acadamia and was not disappointed. I was expecting to be a bit underwhelmed, but it is truly an amazing work. Pictures and the replica do not do it any justice. I stood in awe of it for over 2 hours, circling and scrutinizing it. It is one of the few that lives up to the hype in my opinion.

Jeremy1012

Psyche revived by Cupid's Kiss - Antonio Canova

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Psych%C3%A9.jpg

CHANGEinWAVES

Jeremy1012 wrote:

Psyche revived by Cupid's Kiss - Antonia Canova

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Psych%C3%A9.jpg

That is simply beautiful:)

Fifthelement

Oooo . . . I have quite a few as well.

Just like CiW, I have always loved the Winged Victory of Samothrace. I wrote a paper on it in one of my Classics classes.

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_image.jsp;jsessionid=JyMnW9Kjk4cnZXyBbsZ29tV3wnyHYqpqDwKJt8g9Pg4yQhTXlgJw!1209925187?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673472887&CURRENT_LLV_ILLUSTRATION%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673472887&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225805&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500857&bmLocale=en&&newWidth==462&&newHeight==860

Laocoon and his Sons

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/laocoon/whole.jpg

The Dying Gaul and his Wife

http://www.artchive.com/viewer/z.html

Menelaus supporting the body of Patroculus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Firenze-piazza_signoria_statue02.jpg


Modern Sculpture:

Angel of the North

http://www.makingmusic-northeast.co.uk/region/angel.png