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The 27 pages that link to Bronze sculpture, each with the reason it gives.

• Marble sculptureCompared with: Bronze can be cast into forms that marble carving cannot achieve as readily, such as extended limbs.

• BronzeBroader topic: Bronze’s castability and durability suit both intricate forms and outdoor display.

• Monumental sculptureRelated: Bronze is widely used for outdoor monuments because it can capture detail and withstand exposure.

• Hellenistic sculptureRelated: Bronze enabled open compositions and extended limbs that were difficult to support in marble.

• Renaissance sculptureRelated: Bronze enabled complex poses, fine details, and freestanding figures that stone could not easily support.

• Roman sculptureRelated: Bronze enabled Roman sculptors to create durable figures with projecting limbs and fine detail.

• Lorenzo GhibertiNarrower topic: Ghiberti’s most celebrated works are monumental bronze reliefs.

• Etruscan artRelated: Bronze casting produced statuettes, ritual objects, and celebrated Etruscan figures.

• Metal castingRelated: Casting enabled hollow and detailed bronze forms that are difficult to carve from solid metal.

• LysipposRelated: Bronze enabled the complex poses and naturalistic details associated with Lysippos.

• The Gates of HellNarrower topic: The monumental work is known through bronze casts made from Rodin’s model.

• Aristide MaillolRelated: Bronze casting allowed Maillol’s models to become durable figures at monumental scale.

• DiscobolusRelated: Myron’s original was bronze, a material absent from the surviving marble versions.

• The Burghers of CalaisNarrower topic: Rodin’s monument was cast in bronze, a medium suited to its large scale and outdoor display.

• Andrea PisanoRelated: Andrea’s commission demonstrates bronze’s use for monumental architectural decoration.

• Arno BrekerRelated: Bronze casting enabled the durable, repeatable monumental figures used in his commissions.

• Athena PromachosRelated: Its bronze construction enabled a monument on a scale difficult in stone.

• Bird in SpaceRelated: Bronze versions make the streamlined form gleam and catch changing light.

• Gertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyRelated: Bronze casting was a major medium for Whitney’s figurative and commemorative sculpture.

• Jean ArpRelated: Bronze casting let Arp reproduce and scale his organic forms beyond hand-carved originals.

• Alessandro AlgardiRelated: Algardi also designed works translated into bronze, including a reduced version of his Attila relief.

• Fernando BoteroRelated: Botero used bronze to translate his voluminous figures into durable public works.

• Antoine BourdelleRelated: Bronze enabled multiple casts of works such as Heracles the Archer.

• Big BuddhaNarrower topic: The monument’s assembled exterior is made of bronze plates.

• Gustav VigelandRelated: Bronze enabled Vigeland to reproduce figures for outdoor display.

• L'Homme qui marche INarrower topic: The work’s material preserves its narrow limbs and textured surface.

• Statue of FreedomNarrower topic: The statue’s large-scale bronze casting shaped how it was fabricated and assembled.