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Sleeping Muse, 1909-10 by Constantin Brancusi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Brancusi began training at a young age after running away from home. He eventually trained with Rodin before beginning his career as a sculptor. He went onto become one of the premier artists of the Abstract movement.
Thinker from the Gates of Hell, c.1880-1890 by Auguste Rodin.
It began as part of the monumental bronze doors that Rodin created called the Gates of Hell and although it is about 14 inches high in that context, his Thinker has taken on a life of it's own as one of the most famous statues ever created.
Dressed Ballet Dancer, 1880/1881 by Edgar Degas, National Gallery, Washington.
Degas spent a great deal of time observing the world of the ballet. This statue represents the young girls in training, known as the "rats."
Abraham Lincoln from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.,
The memorial dedicated in 1922. Sculpture of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French.
Laocoon and his Sons (or Laocoon Group), Greek Hellenistic (most likely 42 -20 BC), Vatican Museums, Rome.
Laocoon warning about the Trojan Horse earned him the wrath Poseidon who sent serpents to attack him and his sons. Michelangelo was influenced by this work and the contortions of the body of Laocoon can be seen in many of his works, especially something like the Dying Slave.
Dying Slave
, 1513-16 by Michelangelo, Louvre, Paris.
Nike of Samothrace or Winged Victory, Greek Hellenistic period (220-190 BC) The Louvre, Paris.
It is thought that this work was originally created to celebrate a naval victory. The dramatically flowing drapery on the figure as well as the wings lend credence to the idea that it was in honor of a naval battle for she stands in the prow of a ship.