There are many, many famous sculptures in the world, but do you know what are the top ten famous sculptures in the world? The ten most famous sculptures in the world are the discus thrower statue, the body of David statue, VENUS DE MILO, the Statue of Athena, the Statue of Husband and Wife, the statue of Easter Island, the bronze sculpture of the Roman she-wolf, the Sphinx, the tablet of Hammurabi statue, and the Thinker Statue.
But the top 10 sculptures have been described in many ways, a controversial one is The Statue of Liberty, a boy with a goose sculpture, a suicidal Gaul sculpture, and a kiss are four of the top 10 sculptures.
Today we are going to talk about the top ten sculptures that are generally considered:
1. The Discus Thrower Statue (Author: Milone)
It is about 152 cm tall and was originally made of bronze. It was made around 450 BC. The Rijksmuseum, the Vatican Museum and the Telme Museum have collections. The original work was lost and is now a marble replica.
Statue in the process of selecting athletes throwing events instant action, this is discus to temporarily in a constant state changes in a series of moments than before, right hand discus athletes on the highest point, the whole body focus fell on the right foot, left toe against the ground, the knee bent into an obtuse Angle, whole body has generated a sense of tension of explosive force and elastic.
The form is tense, but the overall structural treatment, as well as the expression of the head, gives the impression of calm and steady, which is exactly what the classical style seeks.
2. The body of David (Author: Michelangelo Buonarroti)
The statue is considered the most famous sculpture in the history of the world. It is 2.5 meters high and 5.5 meters high with its base. It was created by Michelangelo between 1501 and 1504 AD and is now housed at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. This statue is regarded as one of the most boastful male body statues in the history of Western art.
Moreover, David is a concrete embodiment of Renaissance humanism. Its praise of the human body is ostensibly a "revival" of ancient Greek art, but in essence, it shows that people have been freed from the shackles of the dark Middle Ages and fully realized the great power of man in transforming the world.
Michelangelo injected great enthusiasm into the process of sculpture, creating not only a statue, but also a symbol of the artistic expression of the ideological liberation movement. As the highest realm of sculpture art works in an era, David will always shine in the history of art.
3. VENUS DE MILO (Author: Alexandros)
The 204cm marble statue of Venus de Milo was created by Alexandros around 150 B.C. and is now housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
From the first day the statue was found, it was recognized as the most beautiful statue of a Greek woman to date.
The statue is also one of the Louvre's three main monuments (the other two are the Greek Statue of Victory and Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa during the Renaissance)
4. Athena Statue (Author: Phidias)
Athena is the patron saint of Athens and the goddess of wisdom. Originally the main statue of the Parthenon Temple, the 13m-high statue was destroyed during the Byzantine Empire. This is a small copy of marble.
In this statue of the goddess, she wears a battle helmet and a long Greek dress, and her breast and armor are decorated with serpentine trim and a head; Her arms were bare, and her thin dress concealed her body, rich and strong; The pleats and decorations of clothes and skirts cause the density change of horizontal and vertical lines; Her gestures may be holding spears and holding objects. The whole image is full of feminine gentleness and life, more human, less divine, which indicates that art in the Hellenistic period has been secularized.
Myths and legends:
Athena (ancient Greek: Ἀ theta ή argument eta / Ἀ theta eta argument ᾶ, English: officer), the legend is Zeus and the goddess of wisdom by the ink. It is said that she has the strength of Zeus, and she is the wisest goddess, a perfect combination of wisdom and strength.
Athena seemed to be the continuation of Zeus, the executor of his will. She is the mind of Zeus in action. Zeus got wisdom from Athena. Athena was not only the most important god in Olympian mythology, she was no less important than Zeus. The owl and the snake are the symbols of Athena.
5. the Statue of Husband and Wife
The shimmery green slate sculpture, about 142 cm high, was created around 2600 BC and is now housed in the Museum of Boston, USA.
This is a double statue of the Fourth dynasty of the Ancient Kingdom of Egypt, and is the most typical representative of the imperial statue at that time. The statue depicts Koala and his princess, the fifth pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
6. Easter Island Sculpture
Stone carving statues, 4-5 meters high, the highest 9.8 meters high, ca. 600-1680 AD.
Easter Island is an isolated island in the South Pacific Ocean, so named because it was discovered by archaeologists on Easter Day in 1722.
These statues are all carved from a single stone and are generally 4-5 meters high and weigh about 20 tons, with the tallest reaching 9.8 meters and weighing 90 tons.
7. Capitoline She-wolf Sculpture
It is made of bronze, 85 cm high, and was created around 500 BC. It is now housed in the Municipal Museum of Rome, Italy.
The statue is based on the legend of the founding of Rome: the famous Trojan princes fled to the Italian peninsula after the Trojan War and founded the city of Alba, which has been passed down from generation to generation. Later, a king named Numitor was overthrown by his brother Amulius. His son was killed, but his daughter, who was loved by the War god, gave birth to twins Romulus and Remus, who were thrown into the Tiber River in a basket by Amulius.
The brothers were later found and taken in by a female Wolf, and before long, were found and adopted by a shepherd; When they grew up, they killed their enemies, rescued their grandfather, and founded a new city. Later Romulus killed Remus and named the city Rome after himself.
The statue depicts the she-wolf who nursed the founder of Rome. The statue was a masterpiece of art by the Etruscans, and for the Romans it was also a monument, worshipped as the ancestor of the nation. The She-wolf statue has become a symbol of Rome.
8. The Great Sphinx Sculpture
The Sphinx, also known as the Sphinx. It is about 20 meters high and 57 meters long. It was created around 2500 B.C. and is now located in Giza, Egypt.
In ancient Egypt, the lion is the incarnation of the god of war, but also the symbol of power, Pharaoh mixed his image with its image, in order to boast of the mysterious power, so that he became the idol of all people worship.
The most important artistic achievements of the Old Kingdom of Egypt are reflected in the huge and magnificent imperial mausoleum architecture, the most typical of which is this statue, which is carved from a whole piece of natural rock, more than 20 meters high, the face is about 5 meters long, only one ear on the head is about 2 meters long.
The head of the statue is carved into the image of Khafre, the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, and the body is a sitting lion. Pharaohs wear a diamond-shaped crown, with a mystical serpent carved on his forehead and an eagle carved on the back of his head as a symbol of divine authority. He also had a stately beard on his lower jaw, which fell from the artillery bombardment and is now in the British Museum.
9. The Inscription of Hammurabi
Stone carving, about 1792-1750 BC, about 71 cm high, the length of the stone tablet 213 cm, is now collected in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The Code of Hammurabi is the earliest written legal text found in the world, and it is an extremely important cultural relic for people to study the economic system and social rule of law in ancient Babylon. It is also an example of ancient Babylonian art, which is all the more valuable because of the rarity of surviving ancient Babylonian art.
The tablet is finely carved and highly polished. The tablet is covered with cuneiform inscriptions, which contain 280 articles and detailed regulations on criminal, civil, trade, marriage, inheritance, and judicial systems.
At the top of the code is a relief of Shamash, the Babylonian sun god, presenting the code to King Hammurabi. The Sun God, tall in shape, with his beard neatly braided, a spiral crown on his head, his right shoulder exposed, and his robe draped, was sitting upright, conferring the magic mark and ring of power on Hammurabi; Hammurabi, wearing a traditional crown and looking solemn, raised his hand and took the oath.
The throne of the Sun God resembled the pagoda temple of Babylon, indicating that the highest god sat on it.
10. The Thinker (Author: Rodin)
The sculpture was originally part of the "Gates of Hell" group and was turned back into bronze. "The Gates of Hell" is based on Dante's Divine Comedy, the thinker is Rodin used to symbolize Dante's image. A mighty giant sat bent, with his cheek in his right hand and his hand in his mouth, silently gazing down at the suffering people swallowed by the flood. He loved mankind, and it was difficult for him to pass final judgment on the sinners. He was deeply sympathetic, and he fell into great pain and eternal meditation.
The above ten sculptures are more classic world famous sculptures.
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Post time: Oct-02-2022
