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You will be looking for sculptors/sculptures whose work tells a story and/or expresses the personal, religious and or political views of the artist.
Group of 1st century BC Greek sculptors - Lacoon and his sons
Pic. at http://emarch.home.att.net/Italy_3/pages/3044_Rome_Vatican_Museum_Lacoon.htm
Story at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n
Look at Michelangelo's David - story told in paragraph beginning Shepherd David inspired Michelangelo
Or his Pieta http://www.statue.com/michelangelo-pieta.html
http://www.squidoo.com/michelangelosdavid
look at Niki de St Phalle's brightly colored sculptures inspired by music in fountain in Paris (these are quite recent works, she died only recently) http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/pompfnt/pompfnt.html
Hope these ideas help.
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