stone sculptures
Chiseled marble figures
Stone sculptures are three-dimensional artworks carved, chiseled, or shaped from rock such as marble, granite, limestone, or soapstone.
The term encompasses everything from monumental public statues to small decorative figures, spanning cultures from ancient Egyptian and Greek works to contemporary art.
Stone's durability makes these sculptures among the longest-surviving art forms.
The museum's collection of stone sculptures includes both classical busts and modern abstract pieces.
- soapstoneSoft metamorphic rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- OlmecAncient Gulf Coast people
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
limestone · basalt · alabaster · rough hewn · pedestal · Easter Island · Mount Rushmore · marble · chiseling · Rodin · Greek gods · ancient ruins · statues · quartzite · public monuments · Michelangelo · garden ornaments · Baroque
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
- public artstatues, sculptures, murals, monuments, fountains
- sculpture parkbronze sculptures, abstract art, modern art, pedestals, art installations
- Chinese treasuresbronzes, Chinese ceramics, cultural relics, jade carvings, lacquerware
- Mesoamerican artAztec art, Aztec relics, codices, stelae, jade carvings
- Sri Lankan antiquitiesstupas, sacred city, ancient capital, moonstones, bodhi tree
stone sculpturesmetal sculptures
Art shaped from alloys
ice sculptures · bronze statues · wooden carvings · ceramic sculptures · glass sculptures
stone sculpturespaintings
Pictures made with pigment
drawings · frescoes · murals · prints · photographs
stone sculpturesice sculptures
Art carved from frozen water
snow sculptures · butter sculptures · performance art · land art · food art