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

• MichelangeloNarrower topic: Marble was Michelangelo’s preferred material for many of his most celebrated statues.

• Hellenistic artNarrower topic: Surviving Hellenistic works often preserve marble’s role in conveying skin, cloth, and texture.

• Baroque sculptureNarrower topic: Polished marble lets Baroque artists suggest flesh, fabric, and shifting light.

• Greek sculptureNarrower topic: Marble was a major medium for Greek statues, reliefs, and temple decoration.

• Laocoön and His SonsNarrower topic: The material allows the intertwined figures and serpents to form a unified sculptural group.

• Bertel ThorvaldsenNarrower topic: Most of Thorvaldsen’s celebrated statues were realized in this material.

• Ecstasy of Saint TeresaNarrower topic: Bernini’s carving makes cloth, skin, and suspended movement appear physically distinct.

• Alessandro AlgardiNarrower topic: Algardi’s major monuments depend on marble’s capacity for polished detail and monumental scale.

• Madonna of BrugesNarrower topic: The work’s material enabled Michelangelo to create finely modeled drapery and faces.

• Jacopo della QuerciaNarrower topic: Marble was the medium of several of his most celebrated commissions.

• Sleeping HermaphroditusNarrower topic: The polished stone renders the sleeping body’s flesh-like surfaces while preserving its rigid material.

• Veiled ChristNarrower topic: Sanmartino made the apparently delicate veil from the same marble as Christ’s body.

• Venus CallipygeNarrower topic: Its material gives the statue its polished surface and enduring form.

• Venus de' MediciNarrower topic: Its material allowed the statue's carefully modelled surfaces and delicate details.