Without the art of sculpture can not be valuable.
Cut and vyleplivanie people, animals and a variety of subjects have appeared in human history, almost simultaneously with the rock art. Sculpture - it's the same picture, only bodily, and therefore express the emotions a little differently. That tells us the statue, we perceive much easier, because they are tangible and more like us than any other works of art.

National Gallery of Art (Washington, USA) (National Gallery of Art) - Art Museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. In Gallery One of the best museum collections in the world, including works of art of European and American artists: paintings, graphics, sculpture, watercolors, photographs, collections of porcelain and objects of decorative art.