Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Agusan del Sur
Trento National High School
Trento, Agusan del Sur

Arts 9
Mercy D. Sebog

SCULPTURE Arts 9
Mercy D. Sebog
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Objectives ____________________________________________________________ 1
Guide Card____________________________________________________________ 2
What is Sculpture _____________________________________________ 3
Types of Sculpture____________________________________________________ 4
Relief _________________________________________________________________ 5
High relief_____________________________________________________________ 6
Sunk relief____________________________________________________________ 7
Small relief____________________________________________________________ 8
Counter relief_________________________________________________________ 9
Activity Card__________________________________________________________ 10
Assessment Card_____________________________________________________ 11
Enrichment Card______________________________________________________ 12
Reference Card________________________________________________________ 13
For Further Readings__________________________________________________ 14
 Objectives
• General Objective
• At the end of the lesson, 100% of the learners needing
remediation are expected to describe types of sculpture.
• Sub-Task
• Define sculpture.
• Identify the types of relief Sculpture
• Determine the degrees of relief sculptures
 What is Sculpture?
• 3 dimensional
artform
• What does 3-D mean?
• Form has height,
width, and depth
• What does medium
refer to in art?
• Material used for a Woman Brushing Her Hair With a
given sculpture Green Chair, Segal
 Types of Sculptures
Relief or relievo rilievo,
- is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the
Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give
the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above
the background plane.
 What is a Relief ?
• In Sculpture, any work
that projects from the
background.
• Where are reliefs typically
found?

Gates of Paradise, Ghiberti

High Relief
- is where in general more than half the mass of the sculpted
figure projects from the background, indeed the most prominent
elements of the composition, especially heads and limbs, are
often completely undercut, detaching them from the field.
Sunk Relief
- Sunk or sunken relief is largely restricted to the art of
Ancient Egypt where it is very common, becoming after the Amarna
period of Ahkenaten the dominant type used, as opposed to low relief.
It had been used earlier, but mainly for large reliefs on external walls,
and for hieroglyphs and cartouches. The image is made by cutting the
relief sculpture itself into a flat surface. In a simpler form the images
are usually mostly linear in nature, like hieroglyphs, but in most cases
the figure itself is in low relief, but set within a sunken area shaped
round the image, so that the relief never rises beyond the original flat
surface.
Small objects
- Small-scale reliefs have been carved in various
materials, notably ivory, wood, and wax. Reliefs are often found in
decorative arts such as ceramics and metalwork; these are less
often described as "reliefs" than as "in relief".
Counter Relief
- Sunk relief technique is not to be confused with
"counter-relief" or intaglio as seen on engraved gem seals — where
an image is fully modeled in a "negative" manner. The image goes
into the surface, so that when impressed on wax it gives an
impression in normal relief.
ACTIVITY CARD

GUESS ME !

Identify the types of sculpture. Write your answer on the blank provided.
(High relief, Bass/low relief, sunk relief and
counter relief)
Find Me !
Find the 10 words related to sculpture. The word/s maybe arranged
horizontally, vertically, diagonally/inverted.

M O Y I K L M O U I
R C D W N W Y K L H
E I O F U T U W Z I
L X Z U S M A L L G
I C G H N Y W R U H
E A R T S T J U Y L
F R R E L I E V O K
F Q Z X V S F R H J
W B A S S Z X V M Y
Q S C U L P T U R E
ASSESSMENT CARD

MATCH ME!
Match column A with column B. Write the letter on blank provided.
A B
____ 1. It is from the Latin verb Levo,to raised. A. High relief
____ 2. It is more than half the mass of the sculpted figure
projects from the background. B. Relief
____ 3.It is a relief largely restricted to the art of Ancient Egypt
where it is very common. C. small relief
____ 4. Where an image is fully modeled in a "negative" manner. D. Sunk relief
____ 5. these are less often described as "reliefs" than as "in relief". E. Counter relief
 Enrichment Card
ART ACTIVITY -Ivory Carving
Draw your design on a sheet of paper, the actual size must be the size of the soap you
are going to use. Use the FIRST LETTER of your name as your subject .
Materials: Procedure:
• Transfer your design to the soap by tracing it
• Soft bar soap with a carbon paper underneath.
• Sharp tools • Maker sure the carbon paper and your design
are secure so that, it will not move while
• Carbon paper tracing the design.
• Start carving your design using sharp tools,
Be careful in doing this activity.
 Reference Card
• Learner’s Material for Music and Arts 9
• Teacher’s Material for Music and Arts 9
• Internet
• www.google.com
 For Further Readings
The other types of Sculpture
Assemblage Sculpture, Free Standing and Kinetic.
 Thank You !!!

MERCY D. SEBOG