Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Examples |
| 1 | Photographing art: Sculpture |
| Photographers |
| 2 | Adolph Schaefer: The Buddhist monument at Borobudur in Central Java, Indonesia (1844-1845) |
| 3 | Adolf Gola: The sculptures of István Ferenczy (1846) |
| 4 | Henry Fox Talbot: Bust of Patroclus |
| 5 | Roger Fenton: The British Museum |
| 6 | Stephen Thompson: British Museum |
| 7 | Negretti & Zambra: Una and the Lion by John Bell (ca. 1855) |
| 8 | Charles Nègre: Statues |
| 9 | Powers Frères (Florence): Sculptures (1860s) |
| 10 | HMS Topaze and Easter Island, Chile (1868) |
| 11 | Fratelli Alinari: The statues of Florence |
| 12 | L. Powers: Sculptures |
| 13 | Powers Frères (Florence): Sculptures (1860s) |
| 14 | Alois Löcherer: The statue of Bavaria, Munich (1844-1850) |
| 15 | Édouard Baldus: The Louvre, Paris (1856-1857) |
| 16 | Bedford Lemere & Co.: Album No. 1, Photographs taken from Specimens in Royal Architectural Museum (ca 1872) |
| 17 | Isabel Agnes Cowper: Mathematical models made in 1872 by Fabre de Lagrange of Paris, for the South Kensington Museum (1872) |
| 18 | Armand Noyer: Napoleon [Series] |
| 19 | Robert Macpherson: The statues of Rome |
| 20 | James Anderson: Sculptures |
| 21 | Underwood & Underwood: Classical and Renaissance sculptures |
| 22 | Paris-Stereo: Vues d'Italie (1920) |
| 23 | Eugène Atget: Versailles |
| 24 | Délié & Béchard: Album du Musée Boulaq |
| 25 | Aristophot Co.: St. Petersburg. Museums (1905) |
| 26 | Eugène Atget: Architecture: Door furniture and door knockers (ca 1900) |
| 27 | Edward Steichen: Rodin's statue of Balzac (1908) |
| 28 | Constantin Brancusi: Documentation of sculpture |
| 29 | Marcel Duchamp: The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (created 1915-1923) |
| Using photography as an aid to sculpture |
| 30 | François Willème: Photosculpture |
| 31 | Henry Rox: Photosculptures |
| Bust portraits |
| 32 | Bust or statuette portraits |
| Monuments |
| 33 | The Lion of Lucerne (German: Löwendenkmal) |
| 34 | New York City: The Statue of Liberty |
| 35 | Paris: Arc de Triomphe |
| World's Fairs and International Exhibitions |
| 36 | Vienna, Weltausstellung, 1873 Wien |
| Tableaux vivant |
| 37 | Josef Jindrich Sechtl and Ignác Sechtl: Living statues |
| Natural sculptures / Environment art / Land art |
| 38 | Land art |
| 39 | Andy Goldsworthy: Books |
| 40 | Richard Long: On-site sculptures |
| 41 | Robert Smithson: On-site sculptures |
