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La primera piedra
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 28 x 10 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11 x 3.9 x 5.1 inch
$3,410
On a summer day in the bathroom
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 24 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$5,570
Vestale debout d'après Volti (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 180 x 58 x 38 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 22.8 x 15 inch
$73,890
D'un Monde à L'autre
Luo Li Rong
Sculpture - 72 x 50 x 30 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 19.7 x 11.8 inch
$25,009
Les trois amis
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 69 x 45 x 33 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 17.7 x 13 inch
$39,787
Illusion of freedom
Guy Ghazanchyan
Sculpture - 58 x 94 x 82 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 37 x 32.3 inch
$6,480
Pequena caminante 6/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 47 x 30 x 8 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$5,343
Hommage à Baudelaire 4/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 32 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
$4,433
Lectrice sur 4 grimoires Être
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 55 x 34 x 23 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 13.4 x 9.1 inch
$11,140
Entrelacs Flammes Dance série 98 Fusion corporelle
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 98 x 12 x 10 cm Sculpture - 38.6 x 4.7 x 3.9 inch
$6,070
Entrelacs dance bicolore série 101 Fusion corporelle
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 101 x 12 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.8 x 4.7 x 3.9 inch
$6,070
Entrelacs Flammes série 101 Fusion corporelle
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 101 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.8 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$6,070
Jeune victoire série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 36 x 16 x 26 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 6.3 x 10.2 inch
$3,865
La sphère des possibles
Isabelle Healy
Sculpture - 65 x 17 x 13 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 6.7 x 5.1 inch
$5,684
Femme Fleur (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 36 x 75 x 70 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 29.5 x 27.6 inch
$56,838
Affinity, étude 1
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 31 x 38 x 17 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 15 x 6.7 inch
$6,821
Femme à la panthère
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 103 x 78 x 34 cm Sculpture - 40.6 x 30.7 x 13.4 inch
$31,830
Egee Debout h cm 50 (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
$13,073
Maternitè allongee (petite) (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 28 x 42 x 23 cm Sculpture - 11 x 16.5 x 9.1 inch
$13,073
Femme chiffonnée monumentale (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 68 x 87 x 155 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 34.3 x 61 inch
$79,574
Busto Saint-Michel
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 47 x 34 x 21 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 13.4 x 8.3 inch
$20,462
A Swedish Girl
Costanzo Mongini
Sculpture - 27 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$5,456
La photo de famille avec le chien
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 19 x 7 x 7 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 inch
$2,387
Le Dormeur / Dormeuse
Gaël Rouxeville
Sculpture - 10 x 54 x 16 cm Sculpture - 3.9 x 21.3 x 6.3 inch
$6,139
Pegasus
Alexandra Kapogianni-Beth
Sculpture - 32 x 40 x 26 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 15.7 x 10.2 inch
$5,650
Méditation - série corps de femme nu
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 22 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch
$2,700
Réflexion - série corps de femme nu
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 26 x 15 x 25 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 5.9 x 9.8 inch
$3,552
Affliction - série corps de femme nu
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 22 x 18 x 21 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 7.1 x 8.3 inch
$5,115
Dolie au chignon
Jacques Coquillay
Sculpture - 57 x 24 x 30 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 9.4 x 11.8 inch
$15,915
Ondine série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 11 x 48 x 21 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 18.9 x 8.3 inch
$4,502
Désinvolte série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 44 x 19 x 29 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 7.5 x 11.4 inch
$5,229
La conquérante série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 33 x 45 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13 x 17.7 x 7.9 inch
$5,115
Repos série corps d'homme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 21 x 14 x 17 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 5.5 x 6.7 inch
$2,615
Petite affirmation série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 23 x 19 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 7.5 x 5.9 inch
$2,615
Voorsprong (Head start)
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 38 x 27 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15 x 10.6 x 5.9 inch
$3,979
Maria (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 60 x 90 x 54 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 35.4 x 21.3 inch
$59,112
Egèe assise h cm 140 (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 140 x 86 x 80 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 33.9 x 31.5 inch
$65,933
Précieuse (Precious)
Luo Li Rong
Sculpture - 110 x 70 x 66 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 27.6 x 26 inch
$56,213
Pantomime
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 61 x 24 x 36 cm Sculpture - 24 x 9.4 x 14.2 inch
$14,551
Femmes qui lisent sont dangereuses
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 84 x 46 x 41 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 18.1 x 16.1 inch
$25,577
Femme assise sur socle
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 30 x 8 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.1 x 4.3 inch
$6,593
Egèe assise (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 70 x 40 x 43 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 15.7 x 16.9 inch
$39,787
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Bronze Sculpture for Sale
The technique used in the creation of bronze sculptures has changed very little since Antiquity. The sculptor begins by fashioning the subject in wax, then covers it with clay, pours on the bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, then breaks open the terracotta, leaving only the bronze object behind. Highly valued by sculptors, bronze is a robust and resistant material that fairs well outside. Using wax to create the initial mould allows for a high level of detail on the final sculpture, unlike steel sculpture. Certain nuances in color can be produced through the use of patinas.
These qualities explain why bronze is one of the oldest materials to be used by humans. Indeed, bronze tools were used in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China around 2800 BC.
In Mesopotamia, near to present-day Iran, bronze was used to depict animals in sacred art. In Egypt, it was was used to personify the gods, and also to create small sculpture statues placed in the tombs of the deceased. However, it was Ancient Greece, where craftsmen began to sculpt human figures and deities with remarkable realism, that gave bronze its prominent place in the history of art. Many pieces of work were imported to Rome, where the production of bronze sculptures developed. Bronze sculptures soon began to decorate the theatres and the homes of the rich. Admiring the skills of the Greeks, the Romans began ordering sculptures from merchants and craftsmen, who made copies of the moulds of the statues.
With the birth of Christianity, evangelisation and the building of churches became the priorities, and bronze creations were replaced by stone sculptures for decorating churches. It was only in the 14th century that masterpieces were rediscovered during excavations of Italian archaeological sites. A century later, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti set the Renaissance in motion by decorating the doors of the Florence Baptistery in bronze. Donatello, inspired by ancient Roman sculpture, was the first to excel in the art of expressing emotions through bronze sculptures, followed by Verrocchio, his pupil (and master of Leonardo da Vinci). Although the practice spread throughout Europe, it was mainly focused in Italy, where sculptors competed to obtain the most convincing results.
During the 16th century, the Flemish Jean de Bologne established himself as the undisputed master of bronze. He was the most copied artist in the 17th century, and it is partly due to him that the bronze sculpture spread across Europe. In Italy, production of bronze sculpture was fairly constant, irrespective of the period. In France, on the other hand, this technique depended on the political regime. When Louis XIV invited sculptors to his court (essentially to decorate Versailles) demand for bronze reappeared as a form of courtly art.
Bronze sculpture underwent a resurgence during the 19th century, with Rodin and Camille Claudel, and then with Cubism and the Art Deco movement. Bronze is an expensive, heavy material and costly for collectors to buy and its use has become less prevalent in the 20th and 21st centuries, but some artists use it nonetheless: Giuseppe Penone, Alberto Giacometti with his strange silhouettes, the compressions of César Baldaccini, Philippe Pasqua's butterflies and still life sculpture can all be seen on Artsper!
Bronze sculptures are made from a series of wax molds, into which the sculptor pours melted bronze to create the final sculpture.
Bronze is used for sculptures because it expands just before it hardens, resulting in the accentuation of fine details. The bronze then shrinks slightly as it cools down, which makes it easy to remove the cast.
You can tell if a sculpture is bronze by testing if a magnet sticks to it, as iron is magnetic. Bronze also does not have the ability to rust, so a bronze sculpture will not have signs of corrosion on its surface.