These abstract forms differ dramatically from the far more familiar figural sculpture and artifacts seen in most exhibitions of African art.
The variety is seen in the wide-ranging images depicted on small figural sculptures.
After the teen years of the 20th century extensive figural sculpture became less important.
They were the only figural sculpture made in Colonial America.
The interior has numerous niches containing figural sculpture including Ganesha.
The exhibition includes 150 religious works, portraits and figural sculptures from the 12th to the 14th centuries.
His figural sculptures express a high level of individuality, and are not entirely within medieval artistic expression.
The new figural sculptures operate on a less subtle plane.
The broad square face is typical of the early fifth-century style of figural sculpture.
He restored the monumental scale and naturalism of the classical era to figural sculpture.