Sculpture has been used as a form of human expression since prehistoric times. In fact, the earliest known works of sculpture date from around 32,000 B.C.
They were, of course, far from how we imagine sculptures today, mostly either utilitarian objects decorated with sculptural forms or small animal and human figures carved in bone, ivory, or stone. Researchers suspect that these earliest forms of sculpture had been used mostly for spiritual and religious purposes.
Fast forward to Greek sculpture, which shaped the way we perceive human creativity and skill as something eternal. Then you look back at its revival in Roman art that opened up new horizons still relevant today, and then you look at the great Renaissance master Michelangelo or French sculptor Rodin or Jeff Koons, the sculptor of today, and you wonder.
Can there be anything more profound and beautiful than these incredible sculptures? Well, the answer is below thanks to a beautiful Facebook account titled “Sculpture.” We wrapped up some of the most incredible pictures of sculpture shared on this page, so enjoy!
#1 Nichola Theakston
Image credits: Nichola Theakston
#2 Artist: Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia, Moonlight Shadow, Bronze, 2019
Image credits: Sculpture
#3 Bruno Walpoth, Wood Sculpture
Image credits: Sculpture
#4 Zhanna Martin
Image credits: Zhanna Martin
#5 Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia Sculpture
Image credits: Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia Sculpture
#6 Artist: Hans Op De Beeck
Image credits: Sculpture
#7 Artist, Ostinelli & Priest, Ceramic
Image credits: Sculpture
#8 Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia Sculpture
Image credits: Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia Sculpture
#9 Leah Jeffrey, Scrap Metal Sculpture
Image credits: Leah Jeffrey
#10 Artist: Luo Li Rong
Image credits: Sculpture
#11 Gaku, Broccoli Carving
Image credits: Gaku
#12 Artist: Matthew Simmonds, Rock Carving
Image credits: Sculpture
#13 Daniele Barresi
Image credits: Daniele Barresi
#14 Christopher Robin Nordstrom, Miniature Japanese Building
Image credits: Christopher Robin Nordstrom
#15 Artist: Valérie Hadida
Image credits: Sculpture
#16 Johnson Tsang, Ceramic
Image credits: Johnson Tsang
#17 "Black Maiden In Veil Of Midnight", 2022, Morel Doucet, Slip-Casted White Earthenware
Image credits: Morel Doucet
#18 Matt Buckley
Image credits: Matt Buckley
#19 Paola Grizi
Image credits: Paola Grizi
#20 Artist: Daniel Popper
Image credits: Sculpture
#21 Ikuo Inada, Wooden Sculpture
Image credits: Ikuo Inada
#22 Johnson Tsang, Ceramic
Image credits: Johnson Tsang
#23 Alex Chinneck
Image credits: Alex Chinneck
#24 Berit Hildre
Image credits: Berit Hildre
#25 Artist: Anton Smit
Image credits: Sculpture
#26 Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia
Image credits: Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia
#27 Artist: Valérie Hadida
Image credits: Sculpture
#28 Warren King, Cardboard Sculpture
Image credits: Warren King
#29 Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia
Image credits: Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia
#30 Tach Pollard, Wood Sculptor
Image credits: Tach Pollard
#31 Sabin Howard
Image credits: Sabin Howard
#32 Artist: Willy Verginer, Wood Sculpture
Image credits: Sculpture
#33 Artist: Brian Mock, Welded Metal Sculpture
Image credits: Sculpture
#34 Henrique Oliveira
Image credits: Henrique Oliveira
#35 Nichola Theakston, Ceramic
Image credits: Nichola Theakston
#36 Marie Cohydon
Image credits: Sculpture
#37 Artist: Gerard Mas
Image credits: Sculpture
#38 Mila Zemliakova, Textile Art
Image credits: Mila Zemliakova
#39 Artist: Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia, Moonlight Shadow, Bronze, 2019
Image credits: Sculpture
#40 Artist : Krzysztof Śliwka
Image credits: Sculpture
#41 “Dream Dancer”, 2009, Keith Wallace Smith, Porcelain, Terra-Cotta, And Rope
Image credits: Keith Wallace Smith
#42 Anna Nazarenko
Image credits: Sculpture
#43 Artist: Jason Decaires Taylor, Museum Of Underwater Sculpture
Image credits: Sculpture
#44
Image credits: Sculpture
#45 César Orrico
Image credits: CÉSAR ORRICO
#46 Paul Harvey
Image credits: Paul Harvey
#47 Patrick Berthaud
Image credits: Patrick Berthaud
#48 Taiichiro Yoshida
Image credits: Taiichiro Yoshida
#49 Mark Coreth
Image credits: Mark Coreth
#50 Artist: Hans Op De Beeck, Dancer, 2021
Image credits: Sculpture
#51 Helena Oplakanska
Image credits: Sculpture
#52 Ofer Rubin
Image credits: Sculpture
#53 "Catch Your Breath", Debra Baxter
Catch your Breath
Image credits: Debra Baxter
#54 Christopher Guinet
Image credits: Christopher Guinet
#55 Fanni Sandor
Image credits: Fanni Sandor
#56 Ikuo Inada, Wooden Sculpture
Image credits: Ikuo Inada
#57 “Forest Of Coexistence”, 2021, Kang Dong Hyun, Stainless Steel & Urethane Paint
Image credits: Kang Dong Hyun
#58 Vestige, K. William Lequier, Glass Sculpture
Image credits: K. William LeQuier
#59 Martin Eichinger
Image credits: Martin Eichinger
#60 Wilfried Grootens
Image credits: Wilfried Grootens
#61 Vaishali & Naya, Miniature Paper Sculpture
Image credits: Vaishali & Nayan
#62 Oliver Marinkoski
Image credits: Oliver Marinkoski
#63 Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia Sculpture
Image credits: Joan Coderch & Javier Malavia
#64 En Iwamura, Ceramic
Image credits: En Iwamura
#65 Diana Beltrán Herrera
Image credits: Diana Beltrán Herrera
#66 Green Hermes, 2022, Massimiliano Pelletti, Green Onyx
Image credits: Massimiliano Pelletti
#67 Venere Di Arles, 2022, Massimiliano Pelletti, Calcare Grottoso
Image credits: Massimiliano Pelletti
#68 Isabel Miramontes
Image credits: Isabel Miramontes
#69 “Breaking Ground” 2014, Michele Mathison, Steel And Enamel
Image credits: Michele Mathison
#70 Sharif Bey, Mixed Media
Image credits: Sharif Bey
#71 “Staircase To Heaven”, Strijdom Van
Image credits: Sculpture
#72 Martin Eichinger
Image credits: Martin Eichinger
#73 Portrait Of A Man, 2018, Martin Janecký, Glass
Image credits: Martin Janecký
#74 Steampunk Mask, Dmitriy Bragin
Image credits: Dmitriy Bragin
#75 Jui-Lin Yen
Image credits: Jui-Lin Yen
#76 Irma Gruenholz, Clay Sculpture
Image credits: Irma Gruenholz
#77 Edge Sculpture, Robin
Image credits: Robin
#78 Matthew Chambers, Ceramic
Image credits: Matthew Chambers
#79 Lee Sangsoo
Image credits: Lee Sangsoo
#80 Lidiya Marinchuk
Image credits: Lidiya Marinchuk
#81 Artist: Kraig Varner, Sleeping Beauty
Image credits: Sculpture
#82 Sabin Howard
Image credits: Sabin Howard
#83 Peter Hayes
Image credits: Peter Hayes
#84 Mitchell Grafton
Image credits: Mitchell Grafton
#85 Matt Small, Scrap Metal Mosaic Portrait Sculpture
Image credits: Matt Small
#86 Judit Varga, Ceramic
Image credits: Judit Varga
#87 Mark Coreth
Image credits: Mark Coreth
#88 T.a.g. Smith
Image credits: T.A.G. Smith
#89 Judit Varga, Ceramic
Image credits: Judit Varga
#90 Martin Janecký
Image credits: Sculpture
#91 Mohsen Heydari Yeganeh
Image credits: Mohsen Heydari Yeganeh
#92 Christy Keeney
Image credits: Christy Keeney
#93 Chris Maynard, Cut Feather
Image credits: Chris Maynard
#94 Emily Young
Image credits: Emily Young
#95 "Portrait Of A Baby", 1942, Augusta Savage
Image credits: Augusta Savage
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