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Osmose - série sculpture et corps en matière
Jf Carer
Sculpture - 79 x 31 x 31 cm Sculpture - 31.1 x 12.2 x 12.2 inch
$11,741
Nos âmes à l'abri
Norbert Joblin
Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,454
Tired face (White Edition)
Santicri
Sculpture - 32 x 17 x 9 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 6.7 x 3.5 inch
$649
Hipster Marie-Antoinette
Léo Caillard
Sculpture - 58 x 34 x 22 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 13.4 x 8.7 inch
$23,483
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Vladas Kanciauskas
Sculpture - 39 x 42 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 16.5 x 7.1 inch
$3,355
Donna face à la Tramontane
Millan Garayalde
Sculpture - 40 x 11 x 6 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 4.3 x 2.4 inch
$3,131
Les larmes de Gaïa
Patricia Guinois Messica
Sculpture - 25 x 27 x 21 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$3,243
Lesson about the cube
Stefanoiu Vasile
Sculpture - 40 x 23 x 14 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.1 x 5.5 inch
$2,236
Living room II
Nerijus Erminas
Sculpture - 80 x 50 x 35 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 19.7 x 13.8 inch
$3,802
Sculpture sur marbre noir de belgique
Maria Chiara Re
Sculpture - 24 x 6.6 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 2.6 x 2.4 inch
$2,907
Mains aux graines et coccinelles
Marie Labat
Sculpture - 27 x 27 x 27 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.6 x 10.6 inch
$425
King of Things
David Middlebrook
Sculpture - 177.8 x 55.88 x 60.96 cm Sculpture - 70 x 22 x 24 inch
$30,000
Kore's Head Couple
Nicola D'Antino
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 38 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 15 inch
$35,784
Bonbon Marbre Strié Hommage Lucio Fontana
Laurence Jenk
Sculpture - 77 x 32 x 24 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 12.6 x 9.4 inch
$78,277
Même structure
Jaildo Marihno
Sculpture - 32 x 44 x 41 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 17.3 x 16.1 inch
$13,419
Yumi2 : Chiseled Allure and Graceful Pose
Aya Toshikawa
Sculpture - 130 x 55 x 55 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 21.7 x 21.7 inch
$57,030
Elsa de Carrare
Dominique Regnier
Sculpture - 52 x 29 x 16 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 11.4 x 6.3 inch
$4,361
Happy Game III
Gor Avetisyan
Sculpture - 51.5 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture - 20.3 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
$671 $604
Composition - Genesis
Milko Dobrev
Sculpture - 23 x 23 x 7 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch
$1,733
Union - série sculpture voile et bateau
Jf Carer
Sculpture - 89 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 35 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$2,236
Golden Gingko 3 Leaves
Kuno Vollet
Sculpture - 25 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
$2,013
Green marble bag II
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 40 x 34 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.4 x 7.1 inch
$6,150
Pink onyx marble bag
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 40 x 34 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.4 x 7.1 inch
$10,623
Nr 5 marble bottle
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 36 x 21 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 8.3 x 3.3 inch
$5,535
Tribal Hermes
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 37 x 27 x 30 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 10.6 x 11.8 inch
$43,611
Feeling With Song
Gor Avetisyan
Sculpture - 43 x 30 x 13 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 11.8 x 5.1 inch
$5,032
Croco white marble bag
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 40 x 34 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.4 x 7.1 inch
$8,387
Bordeaux marble bag
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 40 x 34 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.4 x 7.1 inch
$6,150
Golden Gingko 7 Leaves
Kuno Vollet
Sculpture - 60 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
$4,697
Figure Déambulant
Philippe Olive
Sculpture - 39 x 18 x 8 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 7.1 x 3.1 inch
$1,566
Original Sculpture Idea (Lamp)
Irena Tone
Sculpture - 37 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$3,951
The black Amex love gun 2
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 23 x 38 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 15 x 2.4 inch
$839
Shen - marbre
Mireille Bassier-Tilmont
Sculpture - 35 x 24 x 6 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.4 x 2.4 inch
$2,091
Good Boy Jeff - Green patina (1)
Emre
Sculpture - 60 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$20,128
Break out of the bonds
Karen Axikyan
Sculpture - 44 x 34 x 31 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 13.4 x 12.2 inch
$1,350
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Marble Sculpture for Sale
Marble is a noble material which has long been used to make the furniture of wealthy families and grandiose sculptures. Nonetheless, marble has kept its place in contemporary art. Simon Starling's huge suspended marble blocks and Philippe Cognée's marble models of modern cities are just a few examples of the how the material is used in the art world today.
Marble is derived from limestone and has been widely used throughout art history. It is an incredibly strong and hard-wearing material. Since antiquity, important sculptors such as Phidias and Myron worked with marble to create nude male and female figures as well as bas-reliefs. Marble allowed them to realistically represent the human body. Along with bronze sculpture, marble was a popular choice in Roman sculpture. Sculptors used the rock to recreate bronze Greek casts and represent key political figures. Marble might have been even more widespread during Roman times had it not been so expensive and difficult to import.
However during the Renaissance, inspired by Ancient Greek sculpture, artists were willing to pay more for marble. Michelangelo is believed to have said that he wanted to free the human form trapped inside the stone. Among the many human forms that he 'freed', 'David' is considered to be his most famous sculpture.
Marble sculpture has been explored by all art movements throughout art history and for good reason too. Its translucence, luminosity and the delicacy of its grain all make it a perfect choice for representing human skin. It is soft and easy to work and polish, but does need a strong pedestal to support it. Marble sculpture is resistant but does not wear well outdoors. It can also stain and turn yellow if it comes into contact with skin.
To create a marble sculpture artists can either work from a clay or wax model or carve directly from the stone. The sculptor first shapes the stone using a chisel and a mallet, chipping away the unwanted parts of stone, they might also use a pitching tool. The artist positions the chisel on the stone and strikes it very precisely with the mallet, turning it at the same time. The sculptor then takes a toothed chisel or claw to create texture as wanted and removes any excess stone with a rasp, before adding details such as hair or folds in the draping to the work using a riffler. Finally, the artist polishes the final sculpture with sandpaper or emery cloth.
Today, the creative process can be made much simpler. The marble can be mixed with resins or binding agents and then poured into a clay mould. This makes the marble statue even more resistant, particularly outdoors and prevents it from becoming discoloured. Both modern and contemporary sculpture have many great sculptors to boast of who have worked with marble, including Auguste Rodin, Donald Judd and Damien Hirst.
Artsper has a range of contemporary marble sculptures by a range artists including Ronald Masson and Patricia Guinois Messica.
One of the most famous marble sculptures in the history of art is David by Michelangelo. It depicts David, from the biblical tale of David and Goliath, before he goes to battle with Goliath. This is notable because previous depictions of David showed him either during the battle, or after in his moment of triumph.
Marble sculptures are made by chipping away at and carving into a block of marble using a tool such as a chisel, before filing the surface to achieve a smooth finish.
Marble was so widely used by sculptors due to its translucency, durability and naturalistic physical properties. It was also a popular material during the Renaissance period in Europe because it recalled the classical past of ancient Greek civilisation.