Details: The Couple is a sculpture produced by Louise Bourgeois in 2003. Information: The sculpture shows an abstract interpretation of a couple in an act of embrace. Bourgeois creates a tension between what are hard, masculine materials and soft, feminine shapes. The tension between male and female forms, which morph between figurative and abstract forms, Read more about The Couple[…]
Details: The Art-City-Space is a public sculpture garden located outside the Museum of Modern Art in Berlin, the Berlinische Galerie. Information: The space supports various works of art including the two visible in the adjacent photograph. The sculpture in the photograph is called ‘Trinity’ (Dreiheit) and was created in 1993 by Martin Matschinsky and Brigitte Read more about Art City Space[…]
Details: The Caryatids were produced in the 5th century BC and are now located in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Information: A Caryatid is a supporting column of a building which takes the form of a female figure. The Caryatids located in the Acropolis Museum were once part of the Erechtheion which stands atop the Read more about The Caryatids[…]
Details: The Diadoumenos was a bronze sculpture produced by the ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos around 420 BC. The sculpture shown in the adjoining photograph is of a marble copy produced in the 1st century BC. Information: The Diadoumenos derives its name from the action taken by the figure, he is tying a victory ribbon or Read more about The Diadoumenos[…]
Details: The Laocoön is a Roman sculptural copy of an original Greek bronze and is located in the Vatican Museums. Information: According to Pliny, the statue was made by Hagesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus, three sculptors from the Greek island of Rhodes. Discovered on the Esquiline Hill in Rome in 1506, the marble copy was missing its right Read more about The Laocoön[…]
Details: The Cupid and Psyche Kiss is located in the Capitoline Museums, in Rome. Information: This sculpture dates from the first or second century AD and is a Roman copy of a Greek original from the second century BC. The sculpture was discovered in 1749 on the Aventine Hill in Rome. The sculpture represents a Read more about The Cupid and Psyche Kiss[…]
Details: The Palombara or Lancellotti Discobolus is located in the National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo. Information: This sculpture depicts an athlete in the process of throwing a discus, thus receiving its name Discobolus. This Roman sculpture dates from the first century A.D. and is a marble copy of an original Greek bronze sculpture from the Read more about The Discobolus[…]
Details: The Babies are sculptures by David Černý and are located in Kampa Park, Prague. Information: Černý is a sculptor who, in his own words, “enjoys pissing people off” and is known for making controversial sculptures. There are three of these bronze statues located next to the Kampa Museum. There are also a series of ten of the Read more about The Babies[…]
Details: The Winged Victory of Samothrace sits atop the Daru staircase in the Louvre, in Paris. Information: The Winged Victory of Samothrace is also called the Nike of Samothrace, as the figure represents the Greek goddess Nike. It dates from around the 2nd century BC and was only discovered in 1863 in Samothrace. Since 1884, Read more about Winged Victory[…]
Details: The Red Cube is a painted steel sculpture by the artist Isamu Noguchi and is located at 140 Broadway in Manhattan. Information: The sculpture was installed in 1968 and plays off its architectural environment. The cube is balancing on one point, juxtaposing the grounded structures surrounding it. The sculpture is not actually in the shape Read more about The Red Cube[…]