What's your favorite sculpture of all time?

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

Kilgore_Trout

the ecstasy of st. theresa... bernini is 50x better than michelangelo hands down... what he achieved with marble will never be surpassed

http://www.charlesgaffney.com/uploaded_images/Baroque_Bernini_Ecstasy-of-St-Theresa-753347.jpg

CHANGEinWAVES

sgossard3 wrote:

the ectasy of st. theresa... bernini is 50x better than michelangelo hands down... what he achieved with marble will never be surpassed

Bernini's work is amazing..I agree!
Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria is simply beautiful, I hope to see it in person one day!

Kilgore_Trout

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

Bernini's work is amazing..I agree!

and it only took 3 pages for us to name him... SHEESH

CHANGEinWAVES

sgossard3 wrote:

and it only took 3 pages for us to name him... SHEESH

I learned a lot about him in my history of architecture class... though his work is breath taking, I didn't list him because it's not my fave of all time.(it's up there though!)

Lesbelges

sgossard3 wrote:

and it only took 3 pages for us to name him... SHEESH

Hey now, I may have not named him, but Apollo and Daphne is by Bernini

Kilgore_Trout

Lesbelges wrote:

Hey now, I may have not named him, but Apollo and Daphne is by Bernini

ah my bad... i do remember seeing that listed on the last page... nice choice

never has unsolicited groping looked so beautiful

g under p

David Hostetler and his various sculptures are amazing. I met him while working in Nantucket Island, Mass and heard his jazz band play too.


Summertime Lady
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~deis/sculpture2.jpg

About David Hostetler... http://www.hostetlersculpture.com/

Peace

Fifthelement

I also like Bill Reid's work


1) Raven and the First Men or Haida Creation at UBC Musuem of Anthropology:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/290212187_afcf31488b.jpg?v=0
http://www.tug.org/tug99/bulletin/images/wendy/raven.jpg

2) The Spirit of Haida Gwaii:

- At the Vancouver International Airport

http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/jade-canoe-bill-reid-708582.jpg

- At the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC

http://daviding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/20071018_dc_canadian_embassy_sculpture.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2667734266_8512a9ecc0.jpg

- On the Canadian $20 bill

http://curatorandcollector.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/20-dollar-reverse-by-bill-reid-500-x-315.jpg

CHANGEinWAVES

Fifthelement wrote:

I also like Bill Reid's work


1) Raven and the First Men or Haida Creation at UBC Musuem of Anthropology:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/290212187_afcf31488b.jpg?v=0
http://www.tug.org/tug99/bulletin/images/wendy/raven.jpg

that's beautiful....
I'll check him out more, thanks!

Fifthelement

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

that's beautiful....
I'll check him out more, thanks!

My pleasure. His work is amazing, unfortunately it is reeeeeaaallly expensive.