Sculpture Flashcards
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A famous bronze sculpture by Myron, from the 5th century BCE, depicts the contrapposto figure of a nude young man in the midst of competition in what Olympic event?
Discus
Any statuette of the Late Stone Age period depicting a woman—such as those found in Willendorf, Austria; the Hohle Fels cave in Germany; Brassempouy, France; Lespugue, France; and Moravany nad Váhom, Slovakia, has typically been given what name upon its discovery?
Venus
The best-known sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini is named for the “Ecstasy” of what woman?
St. Teresa of Avila
Parian, Pentelic, and Carrara (Luna) are different types of what specific artistic material? Famous works created in this material (and which include this material in their name) are named after Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin.
Marble
A permanently installed sculpture by artists Elmgreen and Dragset in Marfa, Texas was designed to resemble a store for what brand?
Prada
Marie Genevieve Van Goethem, a young girl who was studying at the Opéra in Paris, was the model for the only sculpture exhibited by what French artist during his lifetime, in 1881?
Edgar Degas
A specific and now-popular type of sculpture was developed by Alexander Calder beginning around 1931 and named by his friend Marcel Duchamp. What is that name?
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