Woman statues and female sculptures from classic realism to abstract images of implication our collection featuring statues of women represents works of art to meet a wide range of taste preferences.
Marble sculpture woman.
The three dimensional art form has certainly come a long way since the marble busts and butts of yore.
Secondly a veiled woman had become an allegory for italian unification.
While cast bronze carved wood and fired clay have made lasting impressions no material has captivated quite like marble.
A new exhibition at postmasters in new york titled this is sculpture is exploring the many manifestations of sculpture as it exists in the contemporary art landscape.
The veiled lady a bust after the antique by monti 1875.
Statue of liberty sculpture marble 16 high 240 90.
Throughout art history sculptors have experimented with an eclectic range of mediums.
And now at 56 he wanted a certain young woman demurely and paradoxically hiding behind a veil of stone.
Also known as the bride this sculpture was created by the italian sculptor raphaelle monti who came to live and work in england 1850.
Apollo diana bust sculpture set 13 high 374 00 diana bust marble statue 21 5.
Horace farlowe mid century hand carved belgium marble sculpture.
Italian marble bust sculpture beautiful young woman wearing cap.
Benzoni first executed the work in 1863 for.
But for monti it was a game changer.
Although the point isn t emphasized by the gallery all the contributing artists are women.
In 1875 the duke gave copeland permission.
As a sculpting material marble has long been cherished as a medium from which to carve realistic human figures as the surface translucency that marble is comparable that of human skin.
For the duke the veiled virgin was one sculpture in a vast collection of white marble that he had been building for 30 years.
The veiled rebecca or the veiled rebekah is a marble sculpture created by the italian neoclassical sculptor giovanni maria benzoni.
Marbles sculptures are among the most easily recognized sculptures in the world.
Veiled figures usually carved from marble and suggesting a face or body partly obscured behind fabric had first become popular a hundred years earlier in the 1700s.
Prevalent in ancient and contemporary art alike marble artworks have a prominent place in many major art movements and are among some of the most famous sculptures in the world.
Antique hand carved marble statue of baby ca 1860s.