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Pedimental sculpture in Sacramento, California, by 1928, following a style for ancient Greek temples. Architectural sculpture is the use of sculptural techniques by an architect and/or sculptor in the design of a building, bridge, mausoleum or other such project. The sculpture is usually integrated with the structure, but freestanding works ...
Pedimental sculpture is a form of architectural sculpture designed for installation in the tympanum, the space enclosed by the architectural element called the pediment. Originally a feature of Ancient Greek architecture , pedimental sculpture started as a means to decorate a pediment in its simplest form: a low triangle, like a gable , above ...
Over the years his exhibitions have generated immense enthusiasm because of the emotional power present in his sculpture. Gabo described himself as "making images to communicate my feelings of the world." In his work, Gabo used time and space as construction elements and in them solid matter unfolds and becomes beautifully surreal and ...
' time pyramid ') is a work of public art by Manfred Laber (1932–2018) under construction in Wemding, Germany. The pyramid began in 1993, the year of the town's 1,200th anniversary. With a new block added every ten years, the structure should consist of 120 blocks when complete after 1,190 years, in the year 3183 .
The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation.
Glimpse of the artistic and architectural works of the Vittoriano. The architectural and artistic works of the Vittoriano, an Italian national monument located in Rome on the northern slope of the Capitoline Hill, represent, through allegories and personifications, the virtues and sentiments that motivated Italians during the Risorgimento, the period during which Italy achieved its national ...
For a long time considered a mere prelude to Classical Greece, today the Archaic period is seen as a moment of intense intellectual, political and artistic activity, during which decisive achievements were made for the consolidation of Greek culture as a whole, [3] and the sculpture of that time has great merits of its own, being a vehicle of ...
Then in Rome, he made "many works" of which, according to Vasari, "there is no need to make any further record." [1] At the urging of Raphael, Lorenzetto received a commission from Agostino Chigi to create his tomb in Santa Maria del Popolo, where Agostino had built a chapel (Chigi Chapel). According to Vasari, Lorenzetto worked very hard on ...