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Facts

Born September 6, 1805 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died December 18, 1852 (aged 47) • Somerville • Massachusetts
Movement / Style Neoclassical art
Subjects Of Study Functionalism • ornament • architecture

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Samuel F.B. Morse, marble by Horatio Greenough, 1831; in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 49.5 × 30.5 × 22.2 cm.
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Bronze equestrian statue of Charles IV by Manuel Tolsa, showing the king in regal attire on horseback in front of a historic stone building in Mexico City.
Manuel Tolsá
Spanish-born sculptor and architect
Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan
American architect
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Tony Smith
American architect, sculptor, and painter
Maya Lin
Maya Lin
American sculptor and architect
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Frederick John Kiesler
American architect and sculptor
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Hiram Powers
American sculptor
Crawford, Thomas: The Babes in the Wood
Thomas Crawford
American sculptor
Historic architectural drawing by James Hoban from 1792 showing the front elevation of the White House, with symmetrical windows and a central columned entrance.
James Hoban
Irish American architect
Bulfinch, Charles
Charles Bulfinch
American architect
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
Bacchus
Jacopo Sansovino
Italian sculptor
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Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
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Jerónimo de Balbás
Spanish architect and 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
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Alonso Cano
Spanish artist
Palazzo Medici, Florence
Michelozzo
Italian artist

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