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51 Stunning Sculptures

Almost every city has its own creative sculptures or statues usually tucked along
streets or city squares. Sculpture is a branch of the visual arts. It involves the creation
of artistic objects in three dimensions — length, width and height.

Read the descriptions and choose the correct name to these famous sculptures.

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Sculpture by Sylvia
Shaw Judson which
became famous when Although not
its picture appeared on attributed to any Made in 1951, this is a
This cosmic dance of the cover of the best famous sculpture, this signature style of
Lord Shiva became very novel, ‘Midnight in the statue adorns many Henry Moore, one of
prominent during the Garden of Good & courthouses the greatest sculptures
Chola Period in India. Evil’. worldwide. of the 20th century.

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Clue Corner

a) Discus Thrower
b) Savannah Bird
Girl Statue

He is the god of the c) Nataraja
mountains. His name is This sculpture by This marble sculpture d) The Thinker
Appennino. He was Auguste Rodin is by Myron is a replica of e) Reclining Figure
made in the 1500’s by supposed to be a the lost original Greek f) The Lady Justice
Italian sculptor representation of the bronze statue. It is also g) Colossus, Florence
Giambologna. poet Dante. known as Discobolous.
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The Pieta is a world-famous work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St.
Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The
statue was commissioned for the French Cardial Jean de Bilheres, who was a representative in Rome.

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