1. Famous Sculptures Adkins Humanities

3. Venus Goddess of beauty and love Venus = Aphrodite Medium - Marble Antonio Canova 1804-1812

5. David Medium – Bronze First freestanding nude male sculpture made in 1,000 years. According to the Bible, David, a small teenage boy with a slingshot killed a massive, fully- armed man named Goliath. He did it with one shot from his slingshot. Donatello 1430-1435

7. Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Artist – Gianlorenzo Bernini Medium – Marble Saint Teresa was a nun who had visions of angels. In one incident, she described the angel as piercing her heart with a spear. She later was made a saint by the church. Gianlorenzo Bernini 1645-1652

9. The Thinker Medium – Bronze and Marble There are at least 20 casts around the world, one of which is at U of L. Auguste Rodin 1840-1917

11. Pieta Medium – Marble Mary is holding the body of Jesus after he has been cruicified. Located in St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City) Michaelangelo 1497-1500

13. David Medium – Marble 17 feet tall Michaelangelo 1501-1504

15. Mademoiselle Pogany Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957

17. Coquille Baillante Jean Arp 1964-1965

19. Column (Model) Naum Gabo 1923

21. Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 2 Henry Moore 1963

23. Horizontal Yellow Alexander Calder 1972

25. The Gates Christo 2005

27. L’Homme Qui March I Alberto Giacometti Medium: Bronze Life-Sized Most expensive sculpture ever sold – $104.3 million

29. Cubi XIX Medium: Stainless Steel David Smith 1964

31. Venus de Milo Venus = Aphrodite (the goddess of love an beauty) Artist unknown The arms may have been broken when it was dragged across rocks to the ship (??) Louvre (Paris, France) 150-100 bc

33. Nike of Sahothrace a.k.a Winged Victory

35. Venus of Willendorf Stands 4 inches tall Represents fertility 30,000-25,000 bc

37. Chartres Cathedral Columns

39. Jean DuBuffet Monument with Standing Beast

41. The Burghers of Calais August Rodin 1866

43. Part of the East Pediment, Parthenon 438-432 B.C.E.

45. The Mediterranean Aristide Maillol 1902-5 (Cast 1951)

47. Kouros = a representation of a young male from ancient Greece This is one of many kouroi. Kouroi are typically life-sized. Artist unknown 615 B.C.E.

49. Samson Slaying a Philistine Giovanni Bologna 1562

51. The Kiss Auguste Rodin Medium: Marble (1889) The Kiss/Gustav Klimt/ Medium: Oil and Gold Leaf (1908)

53. Little Dancer of 14 Years Edgar Degas Medium: Bronze 1881

55. Monolithic human figures carved out of rock – The figures are called Moai. There are 887 Moai figures on Easter Island, and island is located 2,000 west of Chile in the Pacific Ocean. The heaviest moai weighs 87 tons. (1250-1500)

57. Mount Rushmore George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln South Dakota Granite/Mountain

59. Lincoln Memorial Washington, D.C. Medium - Marble

61. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Artist: Damien Hirst Consists of a tiger shark in formaldehyde Was reportedly sold for 8 million dollars The original shark had to be replaced because of deterioration. Twitter Name - @Hirst_Shark

63. Puppy Artist: Jeff Koons Giant topiary dog

65. Tete Artist: Amedeo Modigliani (Mrs. Adkins’ favorite artist) Medium - limestons #2 in most expensive sculpture ever sold Nearly full term with she and Modigliani’s 2 nd baby, Jeanne Heberturne (Modigliani’s lover) committed suicide by jumping out of a window. She did this after he died. She was 21. Their daughter was now an orphan. Modigliani died from meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, alcoholism, and drugs.