sculpture what is sculpture? three-dimensional - having, or appearing to have, height, width, and...
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SculptureWhat is Sculpture?
Three-dimensional - Having, or appearing to have, height, width, and depth
A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it.
Sculptures can also be described as:1. In the round2. Relief3. Assemblage
Media may be:clay, wax, stone, metal, fabric, wood, plaster, rubber, and found objects.
Materials may be:carved, modeled, molded, cast, wrought, welded, sewn, or assembled and combined.
Elements of Sculptural Design
The two principal elements of sculpture are mass and space. Mass refers to the sculpture's bulk, the solid bit contained
within its surfaces. Space is the air around the solid sculpture,
and reacts with the latter
Principles of Sculptural Design
These regulate the approach of sculptors to such matters as
orientation, proportion, scale, articulation and balance.
Additive - Sculptural form produced by combining or
building up material from a core or armature
Methods
Subtractive - involves removing material, as in wood carving or
stone sculpture
Mixed Media – using multiple materials
Sculptures can be
Realistic
Abstract
Non-Objective
Realism: The realistic and natural representation of people, places, and/or things in a work of art.
Abstract: departing from representational accuracy, to a variable range of possible degrees, for some reason other than verisimilitude (Appearing to be true or real). Abstract artists select and then exaggerate or simplify the forms suggested by the world around them.
Non-objective: Artworks having no recognizable subject matter (not recognizable as such things as houses, trees, people, etc.)
Types of Sculpture
Free-standing sculpture, to be viewed from all sides, which is surrounded on all sides by space
In-The-Round
1. Bas-Relief: A French term meaning "low-raised work.“
Types of Sculpture
2. Alto-relievo: another name for high relief
Relief sculpture
3. Intaglio: hollow-relief, describes an image that is carved into a flat surface
Types of Sculpture
Types of SculptureAssemblage
A three-dimensional composition made of various materials such as found objects, paper, wood, and textiles.