Other than Michealangelo, does anyone know of any famous artists who worked with STONE?

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Thank you so much!!!

Answer 1

I'd say Rodin gets partial credit for working in stone (in response to the answer above). He sculpted in clay and had artisans translate it to stone (or bronze) for him.

Henry Moore worked in stone in early half of his career. Barbara Hepworth. Isamu Noguchi did some interesting stone work (I'm particularly thinking of his slate pieces). Constantin Brancusi did some stone carving. Andy Goldsworthy has worked with stone (generally as a construction, not carving, material). Louise Bourgeois has done some stone sculptures, but like Rodin, had others do the actual carving.

Answer 2

Actually, Rodin worked chiefly in bronze. Sadly, stonework has fallen by the wayside in recent times, but it was very common in the ancient world. The Venus de Milo (as mentioned by a previous commentator) was done by a Roman copying a Greek bronze statue. I recomend checking out Roman sculpture on Wikipedia or some similar source. The Romans really knew what they were doing. Most of the artist's names are obscure, but the art is top-notch. If you want a basic survey, most libraies and Amazon should have John Boardman's "Greek Art" from the Dolphin books series or Helga von Heintze's "Roman Art." Both books are nice introductions to the subject. However, if you're sick of old art, check out Henry Moore's stuff. He did very modern marble sculptures. Here's his Wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Moore

Answer 3

Gianlorenzo Bernini, Auguste Rodin, Fidias , Myron, Lysippos, Praxiteles, Polykleitos(and the rest of Greek sculptors:), Constantin Brancusi, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska,Donatello, Giovanni Da Bologna, all who I remember now...

Answer 4

Cellini, Donatello, Verocchio, Bernini

Answer 5

Auguste Rodin worked in stone.
He's much more modern than Michealangelo, though.

And also the only one I can think of at the moment unfortunatly. :-(

Answer 6

Rodin (although, apparently this is debatable. Camille Claudel, a former student and lover of his, is suspected of being the sculptor of many of Rodin's stone pieces)

Bernini - my sculptor hero

Isamu Noguchi - granite sculptor

Henry Moore - great use of negative and positive space.

Wikipedia them. :)

Answer 7

Henry Moore, Rodan.

Answer 8

Do you think he was the ONLY one no
Here is a title to a very good Art book Its called the history
of Art by H W Janson if you can find it get it Oh Rodin

Answer 9

I'm not sure how to spell it but I think it's Rodin, the guy who did The Thinker. There's also the person who did the Venus De Milo, but I don't know who that was. I don't think it was Michaelangelo, tho.

Answer 10

Stone Cold Steven Austin : ]???