# Sculpture — On Volume

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Category: Art
Slides: 16
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:34.651Z
Tags: art, sculpture

## Summary

A field guide to the art form that takes up space — from the Kouroi of archaic Greece to the dirt poured in a desert and called sculpture. Key sections include: On Volume.; What sculpture is.; The Greek body.; Hellenistic drama.; Stone and bronze.; Donatello · Michelangelo · Bernini.; Modern: Brancusi to Calder.; Welded steel · David Smith.; Minimalism.; Land · site · earth..

## Slide Outline

1. On Volume.
2. What sculpture is.
3. The Greek body.
4. Hellenistic drama.
5. Stone and bronze.
6. Donatello · Michelangelo · Bernini.
7. Modern: Brancusi to Calder.
8. Welded steel · David Smith.
9. Minimalism.
10. Land · site · earth.
11. The body, again.
12. Installation.
13. A list of fifteen sculptures.
14. How to look at a sculpture.
15. Look at next.
16. Going out.

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