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St. John the Baptist Preaching

1877-80

French

influenced by Hellenistic Greek sculptures and Michelangelo’s figures

left thumbprints and texture on surface

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Walking Man

1877-81

French

first to create the unfinished human figure

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The Gates of Hell

1880-1917

French

inspired by Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement

based on Dante’s Inferno

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The Burghers of Calais

1886

French

were placed on a pedastal even though they weren’t supposed to

were removed from the pedastal later so that people could walk around them

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