Art and Punic preserved many statues, usually female, and clay busts, along with a variety of metal and ivory amulets that were discovered in Ibiza and Formentera. It is estimated that the oldest are the eighth century BC, and their manufacture was continued until very late in Roman domination (aluminum wall sculpture). Regarding the Iberian sculptures, works are found in stone and bronze and come from three areas of south, center and east of Iberian Peninsula: highlights stone bust of Lady of Elche, inspiration Greek.

The door of Cathedral of Chartres (1145) is one of first examples of Gothic sculptures: featuring the fabulous animals that shape the gargoyles. In Germany, both outside and inside the Bamberg Cathedral (XIII century) there are meaningful sculptures; A good example is the Bamberg Horseman. One innovation are the sculptures on dramatic themes, scenes from the Passion of Christ and the Pieta among others. At the end of Gothic period in magnificent altar made by artists such as Tilman Riemenschneider or Veit Stoss. The kingdom of Castile worked there sculptors Gil de Alejo of Siloam Vahia.

The sculptures was initially a single function, immediate use; function was added later ritual, magical or religious funeral. This feature was changing with the historical evolution, acquiring primarily aesthetic purposes or simply ornamental and can become just as something ephemeral or lasting.

Art historians believe that the Renaissance sculptures began with the competition to make the doors of Baptistry (1401) of Florence, which were presented Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti. The new form Renaissance art inspired by the sculptures of classical antiquity, seeking a total exaltation of beauty.

The clay was also a common material. The first known sculptures are from Egypt, China, India and the Middle East, places where none existed since 4000 BC kilns for pottery making objects. One of most important advances in history of sculptures was the ability to work the metal -first bronze and then iron workers which was used to make tools more efficient, and also get a new material make sculptures.

One type sculptures that took place, however, were portraits, realistic works with a distinctly psychological that were made throughout the Roman Empire. The most important sculptures of Byzantine Empire are the work of ornamental capitals; There are good examples of Ravenna San Vidal. Were common in ivory reliefs applied to boxes, leaflets or famous Chair ofBishop Maximilian, cut a piece about the year 550.

The council of Trent (1545-1563) marked a new direction in religious images; David -l'autor Bernini, Apollo and Daphne and Ecstasy of St. Teresa, was the sculptor that influenced the Baroque sculptures, which is seeking emotional and dramatic effects. In France highlights the work of Simon Guillain Jacques Sarrazin and making portraits of nobility, the tomb of Cardinal Richelieu made by Francois Girardon and sculptures garden of Palace of Versailles by Pierre Puget.

The Romanesque sculptures (XI-XIII) was service architecture; Many examples are to be found around the major pilgrimage routes such as the Way of Saint James. The sculptors tried various parts of churches -timpans, capitals and covers stories on topics biblics- with great realism . The Christ Pantocrator and the Judgement were the most iconographic themes represented.