1. Edmonia Lewis Forever Free, 1867.
Forever Free is a representation of the emancipation of African-American slaves after the Civil War. Lewis attempts to break stereotypes of African-American women with this sculpture. For example, Lewis allows the woman to be completely dressed while the man is partially dressed. This draws attention away from the notion of African-American women being sexual and erotic figures. This sculpture is also a representation of the end of the Civil War. While African-Americans are technically free, they continue to be restrained due to the fact that the couple still has chains wrapped around their bodies.

2. Antoine-Louis Barye
Jaguar Devouring a Hare
1850
ROMANTIC

3. Ivory belt mask of a Queen Mother mid-16th century. NIGERIAN
The Portuguese served as mercenaries in the army of Benin's Oba Esigie (r. ca ). His mother, Idia, helped him in warfare, and he honored her with the title of Iy'oba (Queen Mother). The ivory belt mask probably represents Idia. It contains symbolic references to Benin's trade and diplomatic relationships with the Portuguese and to the Iy'oba's link to Olokun, god of the sea. Interspersed in the front row of her hair are Portuguese heads with mustaches. The Benin culture probably associated the Portuguese with Olokun. Mudfish, which have barbels like catfish, symbolically represented Olokun, and often served as sacrificial offerings.

4. Clodion (Claude Michel)
Nymph and Satyr Carousing, Late 18th century (ca. 1780–90) NEOCLASSICAL
While often Neoclassical, his manner at times remained quite Rococo, as in the present example. Although Clodion received a number of important commissions for monumental marble sculptures, his fame and popularity rested on his skill at modeling small-scale terracotta groups for private collectors.

5. Bernini
Bust of Louis XIV
1665
FRENCH BAROQUE

6. Antonio Canova, Pauline Borghese as Venus, 1808. NEOCLASSICAL

7. Charioteer
ca. 470 BCE
Bronze.
EARLY CLASSICAL GREEK

8. Kroisos
ca. 530 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK

9. Gianlorenzo Bernini David
1623
ITALIAN BAROQUE

10. Polykleitos Doryphoros (The ‘Spear-Bearer’)
C450 BCE
HIGH CLASSICAL GREEK

11. Dying Gaul
Pergamon, Turkey ca BC
HELLENISTIC PERIOD

12. Augustus of Primaporta, Early 1st Century BCE
REPUBLIC ROME

13. The Four Tetrarchs
305 AD LATE EMPIRE ROMAN

14. Peplos Kore
Athens, Greece
ca. 530 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK

15. commissioned by Archbishop Gero ca. 970 OTTONIAN (Early Medieval)
Gero Crucifixion,
commissioned by Archbishop Gero
ca. 970 OTTONIAN (Early Medieval)
This Crucifix, carved in oak and then painted and gilded, epitomizes the revival of interest in monumental sculpture during this period. The six-foot-tall image of Christ nailed to the cross is both statue and reliquary [a shrine for sacred relics].
A compartment in the back of the head held the Host. This dramatically different conception of the crucified Savior digresses from the Early Christian image of the youthful Christ triumphant over death in that he is represented as an all-too-human martyr in intense agony.
Though the work may seem more similar to the Byzantine representations of a suffering Christ, its emotional power is unparalleled.
Blood streaks down his forehead from the (missing) crown of thorns. Christ's body sags under its own weight. The muscles are stretched to the limit - those of his right shoulder and chest seem almost to rip apart.

16. Virgin and Child
Notre Dame, Paris
Early fourteenth century
LATE GOTHIC

17. Apollo from Veii
C500 BCE 5’10” in height.
ETRUSCAN

18. Kritios Boy
ca. 480 BCE
EARLY CLASSICAL GREEK

19. Antoine Houdon
Bust of George Washington
1786
NEOCLASSICAL

20. Kouros
Greece ca. 600 BC
ARCHAIC GREEK

21. Praxiteles Hermes and Infant Dionysus (Roman Copy)
Late Classical Period

22. Umberto Boccioni Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913. FUTURISM

23. Marcel Duchamp
Nude Descending a Staircase,
1912.

24. Auguste Rodin, Burghers of Calais, 1884-86. POST-IMP

25. Auguste Rodin,
The Gates of Hell
POST-IMP

26. Auguste Rodin,
The Gates of Hell
POST-IMP

27. Auguste Rodin,
The Kiss
C1880
POST-IMP

28. Auguste Rodin,
The Thinker (or The Poet)
C1880
POST-IMP