Top is The Age of Bronze by Rodin. When it was exhibited, it was so realistic that Rodin was accused of casting over a living model, which he later disproved with photographic evidence. Rodin is also notably the sculptor of such works as The Kiss and The Thinker, both part of his Gates of Hell masterpiece.
Bottom left is the similar Dying Slave by Michelangelo, which I'll admit isn't as representative of him, but it's still tremendously good, like all of his work.
Anywho, the purpose of this particular post was to see if anyone derives the same satisfaction from connecting two chronologically and geographically disparate phenomena of artistic brilliance by their form.
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