1. Art and design Sculpture

2. What is sculpture? It can be worshipped and respected
It can be made by an individual or a group
It can be added to over time
It can be in open, public places
It can be smashed up
It can be figurative or abstract
What is sculpture?
It can be made of any material
It can be very private
It is always in some way 3D
It does not have to be still
It can be made by carving, moulding, casting, construction and lots more methods
It can fit in your pocket or be visible from far off

3. Bronze statuette of Hermes From Italy; Greek style About 150 BC
From Deshasha, Egypt 5th Dynasty, around 2400 BC
Bronze statuette of Hermes
From Italy; Greek style About 150 BC
Painted limestone statue of Nenkheftka
From Deshasha, Egypt About 2400 BC

4. Fragment of granite statue of Ramesses II
From Thebes, Egypt,
About 1250 BC
Height of fragment: 2.7m
Ivory netsuke (clothing toggle)
Japan
Edo period, 18th-19th century
Height: 4.5cm

5. Wax sculpture of Laocoön and his sons
Model of ancient Roman marble sculpture
Late 17th century
Hoa Hakananai'a
Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Polynesia
About AD 1000

6. Figure for Malangan ceremonies – intended to be used and then destroyed
Made of wood, vegetable fibre, pigment and shell
From New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
1882-3
Nkisi figure
Made of wood with added nails, iron blades, relics
Kongo, Democratic Republic of Congo
Late 19th century

7. Seated figure of the god Mictlantecuhtli
Made of sandstone
Mexica/Aztec; from Mexico
Figure of a Buddhist monk
Made of stoneware (ceramic)
From Henan province, northern China Ming dynasty, AD 1486

8. Greeks fighting Amazons
Made of marble
From the temple of Apollo at Bassai, Greece BC
The Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II at a banquet
Made of limestone
From the king’s palace at Nimrud, northern Iraq BC

9. Day of the Dead figures
Made of wool, textile, paper polystyrene, papier mâché, cane
Made by Pablo Morales (Linares Family Workshop)
Mexico; 1980s
Kachina doll
Made of painted cottonwood and corn cob
Made by Derrick Davis, Hopi people, Arizona, USA
1996

10. Visit the main Museum website www.britishmuseum.org10