Who do you think is the greatest sculptor of all time?

Answer 1

Whoever made the marble sculptures for the frieze on the Parthenon. They are in the British Museum in London (should be in Athens with the rest of the Parthenon). They have been attributed to Phidias but were probably by his students. Although they are in stone, of course, and occupy a confined space, the sculptures wonderfully convey free movement by large numbers of people.

Also the anonymous people who did the sculptures at the Buddhist temple of Borobodur in Indonesia. They are a fascinating history of the whole of life and salvation. In fact the temple itself is an image of the cosmos.

Answer 2

That is hard to answer... I respect all kinds of art... it really depends on the eye of the beholder. During the olden days, people became famous because they are the only few people who are into it. I sure there are lots better than the people who were recorded in history. They are just the ones who has a good "manager". Same as today, artists with good managers/agents become famous but that doesn't mean they are the best.

Answer 3

Michelangelo without a doubt. Strange there seems to be less famous Sculptors than painters.
Bernini and Rodin are tied for second place.

Answer 4

None excelled Michael Angelo nor will be excelled in future.This multi faceted Artist turned non descriptive marble slabs picked and carried personally from the mines to his studio and chisel out big chunks of marble with such a passion and verve and accuracy at the age of 60 that the hitherto lifeless marble used to breathe life almost instantaneously.The phrase he often used to utter, "The form is already ther in the marble. What all I have done is released it by chipping away the unnecessary marble from the slab".Now gauge his humility.

Answer 5

I will have to go with Michaelangelo as he was an incredible carver or marble as well the complete package across many disciplines: sculpture, fresco, architecuture.
Honourable mentions to Giacometti, David Smith, Henry Moore -

Answer 6

Any one of several classic Greeks. Many, of course, were not fully recorded, but if you consider the amazing quality and that it took 1500 years for anyone to achieve a similar aesthetic then all must be regarded as exceptional. I offer Praxiteles

Answer 7

I was asked this recently and frankly I've never thought about it. It's like who was the greatest boxer? How can anyone's answer prove anything? Except it's a subjective and possibly collective, among experts, thing.

Answer 8

In which medium? For marble I'd have to say Michelangelo and Berninni and for highly detailed castings, Verrochio, Cellini and Donatello.

Answer 9

Polykleitos

Answer 10

Rodin, or in modern times Damien Hirst