Sculptures can often express the strong inner emotions of the producer. Some works represent the mystery and solemnity of religion, while some represent the richness and splendor of modern art. Let’s learn from the editor and select some world-famous sculptures for you to enjoy.
1.Ancient Greek mythological character, goddess of justice.
In the Renaissance era at the end of the Middle Ages in Europe, at the same time that ancient Greek and Roman art was resurrected, Roman law was also revived, and statues of the goddess of justice Justitia began to appear in various city courts. The goddess still uses the ancient Roman style, holding a sword in one hand and a balance in one hand. The balance means “fairness”, the sword means “justice”, and closing her eyes means “observe with the mind.” The back of the statue is often engraved with the ancient Roman proverb: “In order to achieve justice, even if the sky is broken (Fiat Justitia? ruat caelum).”
2.Statue of Athena-the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology and the patron saint of Athens.
In this statue of the goddess, she wears a battle helmet on her head and a Greek-style long dress, decorated with snake-shaped trim and a human head; she has bare arms, and she can see through the thin dress that she is beautiful and beautiful. Powerful body; dress folds and ornaments cause the density and beauty of horizontal and vertical lines; her gestures may be holding a spear and holding objects, and the whole image is full of feminine tenderness and life, more of humanity, rarely Divinity, which shows that art in the Hellenistic period has become secularized.
3.Marble Perseus slaying Medusa statue.
Legend has it that you cannot look into Medusa’s eyes. Once you see it, you will be petrified. Is it yourself in the other person’s eyes, so maybe the meaning is to look directly at yourself? Perseus decapitated Medusa’s head and cracked the spell. Does the onlooker mean breaking through the shackles and looking directly at the self? To extend it, Medusa once tried to be more beautiful than Athena, and Perseus killed Medusa and dedicated his head to Athena, who inlaid the head on the shield again. Could it mean that purity and beauty have been guarded, yet another breakthrough has been achieved in oneself?
4.Michelangelo David statue.
The statue of “David” was created in the early 16th century. The statue is 2.5 meters high, with a base of 5.5 meters high. It is carved from a single piece of marble and weighs 5.5 tons. “David” is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture master Michelangelo, and is regarded as one of the best male human statues in the history of Western art.
Michelangelo injected great enthusiasm in the carving process, and what he created was not just a statue, but a symbol of artistic expression of the ideological liberation movement. As the highest state of sculpture art in an era, “David” will always radiate endless brilliance in art history.
5. Statue of Liberty, New York, USA.
The Statue of Liberty, whose full name is the “Statue of Liberty National Monument” and the official name is “The Statue of Liberty Shining on the World”, is located near the mouth of the Hudson River on Liberty Island in the New York Harbor of the United States. It was a gift from France to the United States in 1876 to commemorate the alliance between the United States and France during the American War of Independence.
The statue of the goddess is 46.5 meters high and 93 meters high with its base. The statue of the goddess was cast part by part with a 2.4 cm thick copper plate. At the bottom of the pedestal is a museum. Visitors can enter the bronze statue to the top of the head of the goddess. It can accommodate more than 30 people and can overlook the panoramic view of New York through the glass windows.
Lady Liberty is dressed in ancient Greek-style clothing and wears a radiant crown on her head. The seven-pointed lights symbolize the seven continents. The right-hand holds the torch symbolizing freedom, and the left hand holds the “Declaration of Independence”; under the feet are broken handcuffs, fetters and chains, symbolizing freedom from the constraints of tyranny.
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of the United States, a symbol of friendship between the American nation and the American and French people, and expresses the noble ideals of the American people for democracy and freedom. For thousands of immigrants to the United States, the Statue of Liberty is a guarantee to escape the poverty and oppression of the old world, and the Statue of Liberty has become a symbol of the United States.
In 1984, the National Monument of the Statue of Liberty of the United States was included in the World Heritage List, and its connotations were widely used in various fields.
6. Statue of Discus Thrower
It is about 152 cm high. It was originally made in bronze. It was made by Miron in about 450 BC. The National Museum of Rome, the Vatican Museum, and the Terme Museum have collections. The original work has been lost and is now a marble replica.
The statue selects the momentary movement of the athlete in the process of throwing the discus. This is the temporary constant state in a series of instantaneous movements before the discus is shot. The athlete holds the discus to the highest point, and the center of gravity falls on the right foot, and the left toe sticks back. On the ground, the knees are bent at an obtuse angle, and the whole body has a feeling of tension and elasticity.
The shape of the body is tense, but the overall structure and the expression of the head give people a calm and steady impression, which is exactly what the classical style pursues.
7. The Thinker-Bronze Sculpture by Auguste Rodin
“The Thinker” was created from “The Gate of Hell”, the gate for the Paris Museum of Decorative Arts. Originally Rodin named this statue “The Poet”, which was meant to symbolize Dante’s thinking about the evil ghosts in hell. For this image, Rodin poured enormous artistic power.
A powerful giant sat with his knees bent, his right hand resting on his cheek, and his mouth biting his hand. He silently stared at the suffering people who were swallowed up by the flood below. He loves mankind, and it is difficult to make final judgments on those sinners. With deep sympathy, he fell into great pain and eternal contemplation.
8. The Little Mermaid of Copenhagen
The bronze statue of The Little Mermaid is a world-famous bronze statue. She is located in the Long Causeway Park in the northeast of the center of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is already a symbol of Denmark. Looking at this mermaid with a human body fishtail, she is sitting on a huge granite, quiet and elegant, leisurely and contented; approaching this bronze statue, what you see is a melancholy and contemplative girl. The bronze statue is about 1.5 meters high and the foundation stone is about 1.8 meters in diameter. It was cast by Danish sculptor Edward Eriksson based on Andersen’s fairy tale “The Daughter of the Sea”.
9. Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This statue is considered to be the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the fifth largest statue of Jesus in the world. It is 30 meters (98 feet) high, excluding its 8 meters (26 feet) base, and the robotic arm extends 28 meters (92 feet) wide. It is located at the 700-meter (2300-foot) peak of Monte Cristo Mountain. This statue has become an icon, the most famous monument in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. It was built between 1926 and 1931.
10. The Louvre Statue of Victory
This is the original of the famous masterpiece that survived the Hellenistic period and is regarded as a rare treasure. The author has no way to verify. Also known as “The Statue of Nij of Samothrace”. The goddess of victory is 2.44 meters tall. The statue was originally placed on a rock cliff by the sea of Samothrace. It is now preserved in the French national art treasure-“The Louvre”, one of the three treasures of the town palace.
Nikki is the goddess of victory in Greek mythology. It is said that she helped the gods of Olympus defeating the Titans and brought victory to people. In Western art, it often appears as the image of having wings, carrying olive branches, laurel branches, and holding a harp to sing hymns.
The legend was established to commemorate King Dmitry’s victory over the Egyptian Ptolemaic fleet in 306 BC; it is also verified that it was a work in the 2nd century BC, and it was a monument erected by the people of Rhodes to defeat the Syrian fleet in 190 BC.
11.Venus statue
Venus is the god of love and beauty in Roman mythology and the goddess of fertility. Called Aphrodite in ancient Greek mythology.
The peaceful and confident eyes and slightly smiling lips of the goddess give people a sense of restraint and wisdom, without any delicate, weak, self-pity pretentious expression. She made people understand the aesthetics of the Greeks more than two thousand years ago, that is, striving for the unity of external beauty and spiritual beauty. Her slightly twisted posture made her half-naked body form a very harmonious and graceful spiral upward posture, full of musical rhythm and full of great charm. The plump and plump body and the upright and generous appearance reflect youth, fitness, and abundant vitality, as well as inner education and virtue. All this depends on the sculptor’s honesty and simplicity instead of pursuing delicate and delicate artistic techniques.
The head and body of the sculpture are intact, but the left arm is missing from under the shoulder, and only half of the upper arm is left on the right arm. The upper body of the statue is nude, the lower body is wrapped in a loose wrap skirt, the left leg is slightly raised, the center of gravity is on the right leg, the head and upper body are slight to the right, and the face is turned to the front left, forming a natural “s” shape throughout the body curve. Regardless of viewing the entire statue from any angle, you can find a certain unity and unique beauty.
12. Roman she-wolf bronze sculpture
Bronze, 85 cm high, created about 500 BC. It is now in the collection of the Municipal Museum of Rome, Italy.
The statue is based on the legend of the city of Rome: after the famous Trojan War, the prince of Troy fled to the Italian peninsula and established the city of Alba, which was passed on from generation to generation. Later, a king named Numitor was overthrown by his brother Amulius, and his son was killed, but his daughter was loved by the god of war and gave birth to twins, Romulus and Remus, but he was killed by Amulius. Put it in the basket and throw it into the Tiber River.
The brothers were later discovered by a she-wolf and taken in to raise them. Soon, they were found adopted by a shepherd. When they grew up, they killed their enemies, rescued their grandfather, and created a new city. Later Romulus killed Remus and named the city Rome after himself.
What this statue depicts is the image of the she-wolf who once nurtured the founder of Rome. This statue is an artistic masterpiece of the Etruscan people. To the Romans, it also has monumental significance. People worshipped it as the ancestor of the origin of the nation. The statue “She Wolf” has become a symbol of the city of Rome.