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The most important sculptor of the [[Baroque]] period was the Italian [[Gianlorenzo Bernini|Gian Lorenzo Bernini]] (Napoli, 1598 - Roma, 1680). Some of his famous works are ''The Rape of Proserpina'', ''Apollo e Dafne'', ''Angelo Reggicartiglio'', ''La Beata Ludovica Albertoni'' and '' Fontana del Tritone''. [[Alonso Cano]] (Granada, 1601 - Granada, 1667) is one of the great Baroque sculptors of Spain. [[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822), an Italian [[Neoclassical]] sculptor made the famous reclining Venus Victrix of ''Pauline Borghese Bonaparte'' and the ''Bust of Napoleon''. He sculpted also among others his well-known ''Three Graces'' from 1812 to 1816.

The most important sculptor of the [[Baroque]] period was the Italian [[Gianlorenzo Bernini|Gian Lorenzo Bernini]] (Napoli, 1598 - Roma, 1680). Some of his famous works are ''The Rape of Proserpina'', ''Apollo e Dafne'', ''Angelo Reggicartiglio'', ''La Beata Ludovica Albertoni'' and '' Fontana del Tritone''. [[Alonso Cano]] (Granada, 1601 - Granada, 1667) is one of the great Baroque sculptors of Spain. [[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822), an Italian [[Neoclassical]] sculptor made the famous reclining Venus Victrix of ''Pauline Borghese Bonaparte'' and the ''Bust of Napoleon''. He sculpted also among others his well-known ''Three Graces'' from 1812 to 1816.

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[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 – 1931) was an American Neoclassical prolific sculptor. He is best known for the sculpture of a seated [[Abraham Lincoln]]. More recently [[Henry Moore]] (1898 – 1986), a British artist, became well known for his larger-scale abstract cast bronze and carved marble sculptures.  

[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 – 1931) was an American Neoclassical prolific sculptor. He is best known for the sculpture of a seated [[Abraham Lincoln]]. More recently [[Henry Moore]] (1898 – 1986), a British artist, became well known for his larger-scale abstract cast bronze and carved marble sculptures.  

[[Image:La Puerta a Chihuahua - Sebastian.gif|thumb|left|''La Puerta de Chihuahua'' by Sebastian.]]

[[Image:La Puerta a Chihuahua - Sebastian.gif|thumb|380px|left|''La Puerta de Chihuahua'' by Sebastian.]]

[[Image:Augustus.jpg|thumb|[[Augustus of the Prima Porta|Augustus]], Roman sculpture, ca. 20 AD.]]

[[File:Calder, Untitled, 1968.jpg|thumb|Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1968.]]

 

Antônio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 – 1814) is one of the most famous sculptors from [[Brazil]]. The Spanish painters, [[Pablo Picasso]], [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Miro_monument_a_la_dona_1972.jpg Joan Miró] and [[Salvador Dali]] were also sculptors. Francisco Zuñiga (born in Costa Rica, 1912 - 1998) was a Mexican sculptor; he ''began studying the collections of the Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City and the indigenous culture of the Southeastern Mexican people. In the sculpture of the Aztec and Maya, he found "the myth of life and death in aggressive, rounded figures with a heaviness, vitality, and formal equilibrium." In 1947, he became a citizen of Mexico and a state teacher''. <ref> [http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=mark2&p=/threewomenwalking/ Three Women Walking] WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY. </ref> [[Enrique Carbajal]] "Sebastián" (b. 1947), is a contemporary Mexican artist with some 150 monumental pieces in cities around the world.   

Antônio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 – 1814) is one of the most famous sculptors from [[Brazil]]. The Spanish painters, [[Pablo Picasso]], [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Miro_monument_a_la_dona_1972.jpg Joan Miró] and [[Salvador Dali]] were also sculptors. Francisco Zuñiga (born in Costa Rica, 1912 - 1998) was a Mexican sculptor; he ''began studying the collections of the Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City and the indigenous culture of the Southeastern Mexican people. In the sculpture of the Aztec and Maya, he found "the myth of life and death in aggressive, rounded figures with a heaviness, vitality, and formal equilibrium." In 1947, he became a citizen of Mexico and a state teacher''. <ref> [http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=mark2&p=/threewomenwalking/ Three Women Walking] WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY. </ref> [[Enrique Carbajal]] "Sebastián" (b. 1947), is a contemporary Mexican artist with some 150 monumental pieces in cities around the world.   

The American sculptor Paul Manship (1885 – 1966) discovered archaic Greek sculpture while studying in Rome; he is considered a precursor to [[Art Deco]]; ''Dancer with Gazelles'', (1916) and ''[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Prometheus_Fountain_at_the_Rockefeller_Center.jpg The Prometheus Fountain]'', at the Rockefeller Center, New York, (1934), are two of his most renown works. George Segal (New York, 1924 - New Brunswick, 2000), was an American [[painter]] and sculptor of Jewish ancestry. He was recognized with 20 awards included the 1999 National Medal of Honor. Segal was associated with the [[Pop Art]] movement.   

The American sculptor Paul Manship (1885 – 1966) discovered archaic Greek sculpture while studying in Rome; he is considered a precursor to [[Art Deco]]; ''Dancer with Gazelles'', (1916) and ''[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Prometheus_Fountain_at_the_Rockefeller_Center.jpg The Prometheus Fountain]'', at the Rockefeller Center, New York, (1934), are two of his most renown works. Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) was an American sculptor known by his wire figures, notably for a miniature circus (1926–31). George Segal (New York, 1924 - New Brunswick, 2000), was an American [[painter]] and sculptor of Jewish ancestry. He was recognized with 20 awards included the 1999 National Medal of Honor. Segal was associated with the [[Pop Art]] movement.   

 

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<center> ''After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art...'' Leonardo da Vinci </center>

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