Lorenzo Ghiberti

1. Lorenzo Ghiberti 1378-1455

2. Italian Renaissance sculptor, whose doors (Gates of Paradise; 1425–52) for the Baptistery of the cathedral of Florence are considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art in the Quattrocento.

3. Gates of Paradise 1425-1452 East Doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence Italy.

4. Life of Christ 1403-25 North doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence Italy.

5. St. John the Baptist 1412-1416 Or San Michele, Florence, Italy

6. Donatello 1386-1466 David, after 1428, possibly 1440’s. the first large-scale, free-standing nude statue of the Renaissance. Well-proportioned and superbly poised, it was conceived independently of any architectural setting. Its harmonious calm makes it the most classical of Donatello’s works. 

7. Mary Magadalen, c. 1455.

8. St. Mark, 1411-13 Here, for the first time since classical antiquity and in striking contrast to medieval art, the human body is rendered as a self-activating, functional organism, and the human personality is shown with a confidence in its own worth

9. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Michelangelo 1475-1564 The complex problem for Michelangelo was to extract two figures from one marble block, an unusual undertaking in all periods. Michelangelo treated the group as one dense and compact mass as before so that it has an imposing impact, yet he underlined the many contrasts present—of male and female, vertical and horizontal, clothed and naked, dead and alive—to clarify the two components. Pietà, 1499Marble, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican.

10. Modern copy situated like the original outside Palazzo Vecchio The artist’s prominence, established by this work, was reinforced at once by the commission (1501) of the David for the cathedral of Florence, completed 1504. It has continued to serve as the prime statement of the Renaissance ideal of perfect humanity. 

11. The control of cubic density in stone evokes great reserves of strength; there is richer surface detail and modeling than before, with bulging projections sharply cut. The surface textures also have more variety than the earlier sculptures, the artist by now having found how to enrich detail without sacrificing massiveness. to enrich detail without sacrificing massiveness. Moses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1515

12. Bernini 1598-1680 David, 1623-1624

13. Bernini shows awareness of the relationship between head and body and display an ability to depict fleeting facial expressions with acute realism. These marble works show an unparalleled virtuosity in carving that obdurate material to achieve the delicate effects usually found only in bronze sculptures. Bernini’s sensual awareness of the surface textures of skin and hair and his novel sense of shading broke with the tradition of Michelangelo and marked the emergence of a new period in the history of Western sculpture.

14. In representing Teresa’s vision, during which an angel pierced her heart with a fiery arrow of divine love, Bernini followed Teresa’s own description of the event. The sculptured group, showing the transported saint swooning in the void, covered by cascading drapery, is revealed in celestial light within a niche over the altar, where the architectural and decorative elements are richly joined and articulated. Ecstasy of St. Theresa, 1647–1652

15. Medusa, 1644-48

16. Rodin 1840-1917 At the beginning of the 20th century Rodin was famous throughout the world and long had been revered as a modern-day Michelangelo, a titan of sculpture, an incarnation of the power of inspired genius. Thinker, 1902

17. This unachieved monument was the framework out of which he created independent sculptural figures and groups, among them his famous The Thinker, originally conceived as a seated portait of Dante for the upper part of the door. He transformed his plans for The Gates to ones that would reveal a universe of convulsed forms tormented by love, pain, and death.  1880 and was meant to be delivered in 1885. Rodin would continue to work on and off on this project for 37 years, until his death in 1917.

18. In 1884 Rodin was commissioned to create a monument for the town of Calais to commemorate the sacrifice of the burghers who gave themselves as hostages to King Edward III of England in 1347 to raise the yearlong siege of the famine-ravaged city.  Burghers of Calais, 1888

19. "Rodin’s aim was less to create a physical likeness of Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) than to communicate an idea or spirit of the man and a sense of his creative vitality: "I think of his intense labor, of the difficulty of his life, of his incessant battles, and of his great courage. I would express all that," he said. Several studies for Balzac, bronze, 1893-97 the work are nudes, but Rodin finally clothed the figure in a robe inspired by the dressing gown that Balzac often wore when writing.”

20. Brancusi 1876-1957 The Kiss, 1907-1925

21. whose works in bronze and marble are characterized by a restrained, elegant use of pure form and exquisite finishing. A passionate wood-carver, he produced numerous wood sculptures, often with a folk flavour, and he frequently carved prototypes for works later executed in other materials. He is best known for his abstract sculptures of ovoid heads and birds in flight. Bird in Space, 1928

23. Endless Column, 1938

24. Picasso 1881-1973 Painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and the creator with Georges Braque of Cubism.

27. Personnage avec mains sur les hanches (Vase with two high handles), 1953

28. Alexander Calder 1898-1976 "Yellow Sail", 1950

30. American sculptor best known as the originator of the mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture the delicately balanced or suspended components of which move in response to motor power or air currents; by contrast, Calder’s stationary sculptures are called stabiles. He also produced numerous wire figures, notably for a vast miniature circus.

31. Spunk of the Monk, 1964

32. Henry Moore 1898-1986

33. English sculptor whose organically shaped, abstract, bronze and stone figures constitute the major 20th-century manifestation of the humanist tradition in sculpture. Much of his work is monumental, and he was particularly well-known for a series of reclining nudes.

35. Sheep Piece, 1971 - 2

36. Louise Nevelson 1899-1988

37. American sculptor known for her large, monochromatic abstract sculptures and environments in wood and other materials.

40. Jean Dubuffet 1901-1985 Standing Beast

41. Jean Dubuffet,  (born July 31, 1901, Le Havre, Fr.—died May 12, 1985, Paris), French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, best known for his development of art brut (“raw art”).

42. Jean Dubuffet room – Centre Georges Pompidou

44. Giacometti 1901-1966

45. Alberto Giacometti,  (born Oct. 10, 1901, Borgonovo, Switz.—died Jan. 11, 1966, Chur), Swiss sculptor and painter, best known for his attenuated sculptures of solitary figures. Notable works include “Head of a Man on a Rod” (1947) and “Composition with Seven Figures and a Head (The Forest)” (1950). His work has been compared to that of the existentialists in literature; in 1963 Giacometti designed the set for Samuel Beckett’s drama Waiting for Godot.

48. George Segal 1924-2000

49. American sculptor of monochromatic, cast plaster figures often situated in environments of mundane furnishings and objects.