SCULPTURE

SCULPTURE is a 3-Dimensional artwork which may be made through different processes such as carving, modeling, assembling or casting. It may be executed as free-standing object, in relief, or in environment. A variety of media may be used, including clay, fabric, metal, plaster, plastic, porcelain, wax, wood, rubber, stone, found objects and other synthetic or fabricated materials.

WHAT IS SCULPTURE?

CARVING◦ a sculpture is created by removing excess material on a

medium (wood, ivory or stone) in order to create desired shape.

Different methods in sculpture

MODELING◦ The act or art of sculpting in pliable material such as clay or

wax to create desired shape.

ASSEMBLING◦ is a form of sculpture comprise of found objects arranged in

such a way that they create piece.

CASTING◦ is a process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a

mold, which contains a hallow cavity of the desired shape and then allowed to solidify.

Different materials used in a sculpture

CLAY FABRIC METAL

PLASTER PLASTIC

PORCELAIN WAX WOOD

RUBBER STONE

RELIEF◦ Is a sculpture where figures are projected from a flat

background.

TYPES OF SCULPTURE

LOW RELIEF (Basso-Relievo or Bas-Relief) Where the sculpture projects slightly from the background.

Different types of relief

HIGH RELIEF (Alto-Relievo or Alto-Relief) Where the sculpture projects heavily from the background.

SUNKEN RELIEF (Coelanaglyphic or Intaglio-Relief) Where the sculpture is sunk below the level of the surrounding

surface and is contained within a sharply incised contour line.

FREE-STANDING◦ Is fixed to the ground by its base or support structure, it is also

called in-the-round sculpture which may be viewed from more than one position like statues.

OBLATION

The original Oblation can be found at the UP Diliman Main Library

This statue was made by Guillermo Tolentino

Symbolizes selfless offering of oneself to the country

LAPU-LAPU MONUMENT

Also called the Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom.

Partial Transcription of the monument marker:

This monument is "a gift of The Korea Freedom League and Poongsan Microtech Philippine, Inc. in Appreciation and Honor of the memory of Freedom-Loving Filipinos Who Sent their Sons to Help Save Korean Democracy" (during the Korean War in the early 1950's). 

THE THINKER

It was made by Auguste Rodin in Paris.

It can be found in Grawemeyer Hall on the University of Louisville Kentucky

First displayed at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.

It reflects/symbolizes philosophy.

KINETIC◦ Is a sculpture which involves physical motion which is normally

moved by natural forces.

FOUR SQUARES

It was made by George Rickey in Geviert on 1969.

Can be found on the New National Gallery in Berlin Germany.

ORNAMENTAL SCULPTURE◦ Is a sculpture used for adornment.

Is created within a specific site. It is usually large scale. The site becomes just as important as the sculpture as far as the concept is concerned.

INSTALLATION ART

INSTALLATION ART

Is an art movement in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked. An art form that is created in nature using natural resources.

LAND ART, EARTHWORKS or EARTHART

Sculpture are not placed in the landscape rather the landscape is the means of their creation.