New Sculpture
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New Sculpture was a movement in late 19th-century British sculpture with an emphasis on naturalistic poses and spiritual subjects. The movement was characterised by the production of free-standing sta
Alfred Gilbert's Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus, London, is one of the best-known examples of the New Sculpture.
Frederic Leighton
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Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton,, known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and c
New Sculpture
…sculptors, helping to usher in a new approach to the medium. The catalyst for this development is usually understood to be the exhibition, in 1877, of Frederic Leighton's An Athlete Wrestling with a Python. This was Leighton's first major sculpture, and he intended it as a challenge to the prevailing styles of sculpture…
Frederic Leighton, Self-portrait, 1880
Flaming June (1895; Museo de Arte de Ponce)
After Vespers (1871; Princeton University Art Museum)
Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna Is Carried in Procession Through the Streets of Florence, 1853–1855