FLINT, MI.- The exhibition 3-D: Focus on the Figure open from December 18 at the Flint Institute of Arts and continues through January 30, 2011. Artists have been inspired, throughout the history of art, to celebrate the human form using a variety of media. This exhibition explores the evolution of the human figure in sculpture from the late 15th century to the present. The forty objects included in this exhibit were all drawn from the FIA’s permanent collection. “Many remarkable sculptures collected by the Flint Institute of Arts over the last 80 years are featured in this exhibition that spans five centuries. Focus on the Figure offers the viewer a wholly three-dimensional interpretation of the human figure as subject. Selected works range from an earthenware figure by the 15th century Italian artist Giovanni della Robbia, to bronze sculptures by French artists Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin through modern and co