Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Fabric
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Fabric
Early 20th Century Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Fabric
Early 20th Century Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Fabric
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Wayang Golek Puppets
Wood, Textile
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Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.
While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.
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