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Born October 6, 1847 • Marburg • Germany
Died January 18, 1921 (aged 73) • Munich • Germany
Subjects Of Study sculpture • aesthetics

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Nicola Pisano: Adoration of the Magi
Nicola Pisano
Italian sculptor
“Black Sun,” black tamba granite sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 1960–63; in a private garden
Isamu Noguchi
American sculptor
The Diamond chair designed by Harry Bertoia, 1952
Harry Bertoia
American artist
Giambologna: Mercury
Giambologna
Mannerist sculptor
Scudder, Janet
Janet Scudder
American sculptor
The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.
Jacopo della Quercia
Italian sculptor
“Doris,” detail from the “Fountain of Neptune,” executed from Bartolommeo Ammannati's model by Andrea Calamech, 1563–75; in Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Bartolommeo Ammannati
Italian sculptor and architect
Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.
Arnolfo di Cambio
Italian sculptor and architect
Milles, Carl: Europa and the Bull
Carl Milles
Swedish sculptor
Lorado Taft, 1913.
Lorado Taft
American sculptor
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Edmé Bouchardon
French sculptor
The Trevi Fountain, Rome, designed by Nicola Salvi.
Nicola Salvi
Italian sculptor and architect
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Georg Raphael Donner
Austrian sculptor
Adriaen de Vries: Cain Killing Abel
Adriaen de Vries
Dutch sculptor
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Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
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Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
German sculptor
Profile portrait of Immanuel Kant facing right, framed by a green Ouroboros serpent forming an oval, with a geometric symbol below the frame.
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher
Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.
Friedrich Schiller
German writer

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