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Sculpture

Venus de Milo, David, The Thinker — the three-dimensional works whose silhouettes everyone recognizes, even people who couldn't name the museum they live in.

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David (Michelangelo)

Michelangelo's 5-meter marble nude of the biblical David at the moment before fighting Goliath — the canonical image of the heroic male nude.

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Pietà

Michelangelo's marble of the Virgin Mary cradling the body of the crucified Christ — the canonical image of grief.

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The Thinker

Rodin's bronze of a naked seated man, elbow on knee, fist under chin — the universal cartoon pose for someone concentrating hard.

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Venus de Milo

The armless marble statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite found on the island of Milos in 1820 — the canonical image of classical beauty.