SCULPTURE

It is the art of making

three-dimensional figures
or designs from a single
block mass of materials.
 the process involved in sculpture

MODELING

additive modeling subtractive modeling

It is done by
building up a piece It is done by cutting
of sculpture from a away from a hard
soft material like block to get the
clay or wax desired shape
ELEMENTS OF SCULPTURE

MEDIUM
• stone, wood, terra cotta, ivory and bronze
• stone varieties include the hard basalt and
diorite, the finely grained marble, the tough
granite, and the softer sandstone.
• In the modern times, metals such as forged
iron, welded steel, aluminum, and glass
have replaced bronze.
 ELEMENTS OF SCULPTURE

LINE
• The lines in sculpture are the same as
those in painting. Thus, curved lines
express grace; horizontal lines, repose or
equanimity; crooked or jagged lines,
energy and struggle.
 ELEMENTS OF SCULPTURE

VOLUME
• Volume is associated with solidity or
thickness, it is perceived by the outlines or
shapes or objects and by surface lights and
shadows.
• Sculpture emphasizes mass and weight and
its subjects are of definite form and solidity.
CLASSIFICATION OF SCULPTURE
FREE-STANDING

Sculpture that is surrounded

on all sides, except the base,
by space.

It is also known as sculpture "in

the round", and is meant to be
viewed from any angle.
CARVED IN RELIEF

Relief sculptures are shallow

three dimensional carvings on
flat surfaces, used for
architectural works such as
columns, arches and Temples.
 HIGH
RELIEF

The figures from the

background are almost in the
ground; the higher the relief,
the deeper the shadow; the
design is simpler.
 LOW
RELIEF

The figures are only slightly

raised from the background;
light shadows make clear the
outlines of all the figures; it is
more complicated
KINETIC
Refers to a class
of art made primarily
from the late 1950s
through 1960s. Kinetic
art was first recorded
by the sculptors Naum Kinetic art is art
Gabo and Antoine
Pevsner in their Realist
that contains
Manifesto issued as moving parts or
part of a manifesto of depends on
constructivism in 1920 motion for its
in Moscow. effect.
 OLD KINGDOM
The portrait statues represented the
individual at its best; deformities and old
age were seldom represented. It was
Egypt’s period of highest achievement.

NEW KINGDOM
This period yielded more monuments than any other period in Egypt; it
featured pleasant animation, greater softness in modeling and elaboration
of detail. An example of sculpture is that of Queen Nefertiti.
 sculpture was religious before it became secular.

 Statues were used as votive offerings to the gods

and as tomb figures.

 Nude male and draped female were subjects of this

period; the nude male type, illustrated in the so-
called Apollo statues, but have a certain tension that
suggests life.

 The bulging eyes and the hair arranged in a pattern

of ringlets are typical of this period
• Polyclitus worked out the ideal mathematical
proportions for the various parts of the body and
demonstrated his mathematical canon in his sculpture.

• Phidias was the chief sculptor of the Parthenon, the

figures in which are considered the highest expression
of the Greek spirit.

• Praxiteles was a pupil of Phidias, whose well-known

statue is “Hermes with the Infant Dionysus”

• Lysippus was a prolific sculptor of bronze.

 THE DYING GAUL
a famous sculpture of the Pergamum
school which is an expression of pain and
reality.
“Pieta” by Michaelangelo
GRACIANO NEPOMUCENO - characters from Noli Me Tangere
and El Filibusterismo
NAPOLEON ABUEVA – Moses, Torso, Kaganapan, Crucifix;
Homage to the New Filipino and Ring of the Gods (stainless
steel); Transfiguration – biggest sculpture (Eternal gardens
memorial Park)
JOSE ALCANTARA – Madonna and Child (free-standing narra),
Behold a Man (semi-abstract elongated narra)
SOLOMON SAPRID – Candle Vendor and The Rat Race (bronze)
EDUARDO CASTRILLO – Pieta (Loyola Memorial
Park)
JUAN SAJID IMAO – Statue of Lapu-Lapu
FLORANTE “BOY” CAEDO – triple life-size
figures of heroes; Tandang Sora tableau, Sen.
Benigno Aquino, Pres. Ramon Magsayasay