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MODULE6

TOPI
C-SCULPTURE

1.
1Import
anceofSculpture
1.
2TypesofSculptur
es
1.
3MediumsandTechni ques
1.
4BasicScul
ptureTerms

TI
MEFRAME:6hr
s.

I
NTRODUCTI
ON

Scul
pturei
sfrom t
heLatinwordscul
per
ewhichmeanst
ocar
ve.Tool
susedi
nscul
ptur
e
arev
ariedandischangi
ngthr
oughouthi
stor
y.

I
thaslongbeenoneoft hemostpopul
arformsoffi
neartsandoneoft hemostbeauti
ful
r
epresentat
ionsofhumankind.I
twasalsousedtorepr
esentsoci
etalconcer
ns,suchas
morali
ty,
polit
ics,
andr
eli
gion(Wit
combe,1997)
.

Themostcommonpur
poseofscul
ptur
eduringanci
entti
meisassoci
atedwit
hrel
igi
on
Dif
fer
enti
magesl
i
kea human-madeobjectrev
eredforthespi
ri
tar
efamil
iarinmany
cul
tur
es.

OBJECTI
VES
Attheendoft hislesson,studentsar
eex pectedt
o:
 discusst hei mportanceofsculpt
ure;
 demonst rateunderstandi
ngont het y
pes,medi
umsandt
echni
quesofscul
ptur
e;
and
 cr eat
et heirownscul pt
ure.

LET’
SGETSTARTED!

Asapr el
imi
nar
yactivi
tyf
orthet opi
c,answert
hef
oll
owi
ng quest
ionsi
njustt
wo
sent
ences:
1.I
sscul
ptur
ebet
tert
hanpai
nti
ngs?Why ?

2.I
fyoudesi
gnar
eli
efscul
ptur
efory
our
sel
f,whatst
orywoul
dyout
ell
?
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3.Imagine t
hatyou arelooki
ng ata statue.How do you descri
be i
t?Does t
he
appear
anceofthesur
faceofthemater
ial
inf
luenceyourf
eel
i
ngsort hought
s?How?

I
mpor
tanceofScul
ptur
e

The scul
ptur
ei s a percepti
ve-r
egenerati
on ofreal
i
tyt hr
ough the use oft hree-
di
mensionalfor
m.Itsobj
ect
iveistoex emplif
yaconceptbyfor
mingav i
sualequi
val
ent.Human
bodyandanimalshavebeenthepr i
mar ysubject
s.Theyar
econst
ruct
edusingbronze,cl
ay,and
i
voryasmediums.

Themaki ngofsculptur
eiswiththeideaofexpr
essi
ngr el
igi
ous,personal
,andpol
iti
cal
views.Thi
skindofart
wor kismeanttocreat
esenseofpatri
oti
sm,pride,
greatnessandspi
ri
tual
respect
.Theybecomemor epopularasdecorat
ioni
temsinprivat
ehomesandof fi
cefaci
l
iti
es,
andinthelongterm,valuablearti
nvest
ments.

Ty
pesofScul
ptur
es

 Bust–asculptedandpai
ntedr
epr
esent
ati
onoft
heupperpar
toft
hehumanf
iguresuch
as t he head, neck,
shoulder
s, chest
orbreast
.

Fi
gur
e1.BustofAugust
us,
25BC Fi
gur
e2.Sabi
neRomanBust

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 Statue– alif
e-si
zeoral ar
gersizeofasculpt
ureofa
personorananimalmadeofmetal
,st
one,
orwood.

Fi
gur
e3.St
atueofLi
ber
ty

 Architectural–auniversalcl
assi
fi
cati
onusedt odescr i
beastruct
uraldesi
gnsuchas
buil
dings, bri
dges,
buri
alchamber,andotherbi
gprojects.Iti
sfr
om abrandofmater
ial
s
whichi ncludescar
vedconcret
eandotherarchi
tect
uralsuppli
es.

Fi
gur
e4.scul
ptedpedi
ment

Medi
um andTechni
ques

Sculptur
et echni
queshav etheaim ofprovi
dingpracti
calandtechnicalsuppor
tt hr
ough
sever
alprocedures/processes.Theseprocedur
es/pr
ocessesar eei
theraddi
tive(const
ructi
onof
fi
gurebyput t
ingtogether)orsubtr
acti
ve(unwantedmateri
alsarecutaway )
.

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Figur
e5.Tour i
sts,1970byDuaneHanson Fi
gure 6.Saur i
en scul
ptur
e by Al exander
(an ex ampl
e of subt r
act
ive scul
ptur
al Cal
der( an exampl
e of addit
ive scul
pt ur
al
process) pr
ocess)

Scul
ptur
esusef
ourbasi
ctechni
ques,
namel
y:

 Carving–apr ocedur
einwhicht hearti
stscutawayobj
ectsunt
ilthedesi
redf
ormis
reached.Var
ioustool
sareused,dependi
ngont hemat
eri
als(mai
nlywoodandmarbl
e)
t
obecar v
edandthestat
uetowhichthewor khaspr
ogr
essed.

a.StoneCarvi
ng–at ypeofsculpt
urewhichrequi
respat
ienceandplanni
ng.Ashapi
ng
act
ivi
tyofpiecesofr
oughnat
uralst
onesthr
oughtheuseofessenti
alhandtool
slkehammer
i
andchisel
.

Fi
gur
e7
Fi
gur
e8.st
onecar
vingofCambodi
a

b.WoodCarving–t hear tofshapingobj

ectsofwoodusingcutt
ingtool
s.I
tisdonethr
ough
aspecial
i
zedcarvingknife( usedtocutorsmoot hthewood) hesl
,t i
cersaw (
usedtocutoff
chunksofwood),chisel( usedf orli
nesandcl eani
ngupf l
atsurf
aces),andgouge(usedin
carv
ingholl
ows,
rounds, andsweepi ngcur
ves).

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Fi
gur
e9.anexampl
eofwoodcar
ving

 Casti
ng–amet hodbywhi
chal i
quidmateri
ali
susual
l
ypouredint
oafr
ameorpat
ter
n,
whichcont
ainsahol
l
owcavi
tyofthedesi
redshape,
andthenal
l
owedtohar
den.

I
thast
wot
ypes,
mai
nly
:

a.GlassCasting–ashapingact
ivi
tyofpiecesofr
oughnat
uralst
onest
hrought
heuseof
essenti
alhandtool
sli
kehammerandchisel.

Fi
gur
e10.anexampl
eofglasscar
ving
y
oumaywat
chthepr
ocessher
e:ht
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b.Sl
ipCast
ing–at
echni
quef
ort
hemasspr
oduct
ionofpot
ter
y,especi
all
yforshapesnot

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easi
l
ymadeonawheel
.

 Molding–thewor
kingofsof
torpl
ast
icmat
eri
als(
li
kecl
ayandwax)byhandt
obui
l
dup
orshapetocr
eat
eaf or
m.

 Assembl
ing – pr
ocess ofgat
her
ing and j
oini
ng di
ff
erentmat
eri
alst
o cr
eat
e an
assembl
edart
work.

Fi
gur
e 11. Mol
d maki
ng/
Sli
p

Basi
cScul
ptur
eTer
ms

a.Ar
matur
e–askel
eton-
li
kef
ramewor
kusedt
osuppor
tthebui
l
dingofpaper
-mache,usual
l
y
madeofst
if
fwi
re

b.Assemblage– athree-di
mensionalar
tassemblyofv
ari
ousmat
eri
als,of
tent
akenf
rom
scr
aps,j
unk,orv
ari
ousnaturalorhuman-
madeobject
s

c.Base–t
hepor
ti
onoft
hewor
kinwhi
cht
hescul
ptur
erest

d.Cr
aft
smanshi
p–aski
l
lwi
thwhi
choneusest
ool
sandmat
eri
alsi
npr
oduci
ngar
t

e.Pl
ast
erofPar
is–anexcel
l
entwhi
tepowderwhi
chset
shar
dwhenbl
endedi
nwat
er

f
.Fr
eest
andi
ng–r
efer
stoamet
hodwhenascul
ptur
eisi
ntendedt
obev
iewedf
rom al
lsi
des

g.Mani
pul
ati
on–apr
ocessofshapi
nganobj
ectbyaski
l
ledwor
ker

h.Repl
i
ca–r
efer
stoapr
eci
ser
epr
oduct
ionofanar
twor
k

LET’
SDOI
T…

Soapcarvi
ngisawaytocreat
escul
ptur
esfr
om abarofsoap.Asopposedtowoodcarvi
ngwhichis
moredangerousandshoul
donlybedonebyski
l
ledindi
vi
duals,any
onecanenj
oycarv
ingcreat
ions
fr
om soap.

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redt
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 Penci
l

 Car
vingt
ool
(kni
fe,
bladecut
ter
,spoon,
popsi
clest
ick)
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REVI
EW OFCONCEPTS

Ther
ear
edi
ff
erentt
ypesofscul
ptur
e,namel
y:bust
,st
atue,
andar
chi
tect
ural
.

Mediumsandtechni
quesi
nscul
ptur
ear
ethefol
l
owi
ng:Carvi
ngwhi
chhast
wot y
pes,
stoneand
woodcarving;Cast
ingwhichhastwoty
pes,mai
nly
:glassandsli
pcasti
ng;Moldi
ng;and
Assembl
ing.

Here ar
e some basic scul
ptur
et erms:a.) Ar
matur
e,b.) Assembl
age,c.) Base,d.
)
Craf
tsmanshi
p,e.
)Pl
asterofPari
s,f
.)Fr
eest
andi
ng,g.
)Mani
pul
ation,
andh.)Repl
ica.

SELFEVALUATI
ON

 Li
standdrawexamplesoft
hesculpt
ureyouseeathomeori nyourcommuni
ty.Writ
ea
conci
sedescr
ipt
ionofthescul
ptur
e(shape,di
mensions,whatorwhom i
trepresent
s,
andwhyitwasmade.

POSTTEST

Essay
.Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ionsconci
sel
y.

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1.Whyi
sscul
ptur
econsi
der
edoneoft
hemostpopul
arf
ormsoff
inear
ts?Ex
plai
n

2.Whatar
ethegoal
sofanar
ti
sti
ncr
eat
ingascul
ptur
e?Expl
ain.

3.Expl
ainhowscul
ptur
eisassoci
atedwi
thr
eli
gionandmi
l
itar
y.

REFERENCES

Ramos,Arnul
foB.(2018).ArtAppreci
ati
onfort heNew Gener
alEducat
ionCur
ri
cul
um.Fi
rst
Edi
ti
on.65Arel
lanoSt
.,DavaoCi
ty:SMKCPr i
ntshoppe

Gl
asscast
ing:
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ps:
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