| Which sculptures should we consider as | | | | Auguste Rodin sculptures greatly influenced |
| modern ? Ironically, modern in the world of | | | | Mestrovic's typically huge and serious works. |
| art, can refer to artists, artworks, and styles that | | | | Mestrovic often used materials such as bronze, |
| have been popular during the past decade or | | | | marble, and wood. Common subjects that |
| even century. Much of today's wall art resembles | | | | Mestrovic used included: |
| contemporary styles. People may one day | | | | - Yugoslav history |
| consider the works of these artists as | | | | - Yugoslav folklore |
| classics, in the same sense that Medieval, | | | | - churches |
| Baroque, and Renaissance sculptors are today. | | | | - Biblical scenes |
| Here are some of the most renowned | | | | 4. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) |
| modern sculptors: | | | | Picasso began to demonstrate his artistic skills as |
| 1. Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) | | | | a young painter. Very quickly, he became |
| Brancusi was a Romanian sculptor who made | | | | renowned worldwide for his original and abundant |
| France his home. In the 1900s, Brancusi refined | | | | painting. Although Picasso mainly used the medium |
| sculpture as an art form. While he showed the | | | | of painting, he also used other media, such as |
| basic beauty of sculpture, he also attached an | | | | sculptures. Other sculptures also influenced |
| aura of mystery to it. Brancusi attended various | | | | Picasso's paintings. For instance, Iberian (far |
| art schools before creating Ecorche (1902), | | | | southwestern Europe) sculpture contributed to the |
| which Bucharest's medical school still uses as a | | | | style Picasso used in his painting Portrait of |
| model. The works of Auguste Rodin greatly | | | | Gertrude Stein (1906). African sculpture also |
| influenced Brancusi, teaching him that a force | | | | influenced Picasso's use of Cubism. |
| within a sculpture creates its surface. Within time, | | | | 5. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) |
| Brancusi would use a somewhat minimalist | | | | Rodin's works were quite visionary and have |
| approach, attempting to represent sculptures in | | | | certainly inspired some of today's wall sculpture |
| their most basic form. | | | | art. The Frenchman perceived the materials of his |
| 2. Naum Gabo (1890-1977) | | | | sculptures as objects that required shaping, in |
| Born in Russia, Gabo later became an American. | | | | order to create different effects on the surface. |
| During World War I, Gabo lived in Norway and | | | | Rodin also perceived his sculptures as pieces of |
| began developing his stereometric method of | | | | material that existed in space. He made an |
| sculpting. This approach would ultimately influence | | | | important trip to Italy, during 1875. There, the |
| some of today's wall sculpture art. Gabo's first | | | | works of masters such as Michelangelo and |
| sculptures were Cubist, and utilized the materials | | | | Donatello amazed Rodin. Rodin's first major |
| of celluloid and sheet metal. He would continue to | | | | sculpture, The Age of Bronze was so realistic |
| use interesting materials, including plastic, wire, and | | | | that experts wrongly believed that Rodin had |
| glass. The goal was to create an impression of | | | | used a mold of a living human! |
| movement. | | | | Some of today's most lovely metal wall |
| 3. Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962) | | | | sculptures are based on modern sculptors. |
| Mestrovic was a Croatian-American sculptor who | | | | While modern is relative, the beauty that they |
| once worked as a shepherd. Classic Greek | | | | reveal is very concrete. |