SCULPTURE

Gabuna Bautista
Zapata Vergara
Gaa Sanchez
Tantay Perile
Trinidad
FEATURE OF A WINNING SCULTURAL PIECE​
•Rex Sicat Jr​
•Architect, graduate of Tarlac State
University(TSU)​
•Grand Winner for Lapulapu Sculpture Design ,
Inspiration for Installed Sculpture @Battle
of Mactan Shrine (Cebu)​
•Architect Rex Sicat Jr. (center) receives his
award from Executive Secretary
Salvador Medialdea (left) and NHCP Head Dr.
Rene Escalante (Photo from Presidential
Communications) ​
1.The setting: The
battle happened on the
rocky white shores
of Mactan—a reminder
of the death bed of
Ferdinand Magellan and
a victory site
of Lapulapu and his
people.​
2. The sentry: According to
the writings of
Antonio Pigafetta, warriors
were assembled
and expected Magellan’s
arrival. Lapulapu stands like
a sentry of his domain,
standing on top of a
pedestal. The
trapezoidal pedestal
symbolizes the territory he
protects.
3. The mangatang: Warriors
are in a mangatang position if
they expect someone to
challenge their defense.
Mactan’s name is believed to
have evolved from the Visayan
word mangatang, which is a
strategy-like attitude of
warriors who are waiting.
Three warriors on each side of
the monument represent the
three divisions of more than
 “His victory changed the course of
our nation. We must honor his
bravery and legacy and may all
generations, especially the future, be
inspired by him.”
 Sculpture​
The action or art of processing (as by carving, modeling, or welding) plastic or
other hard materials into works of art​.

Probably be the oldest among all the arts surviving​:

• Earliest drawings of cavemen were carved on rocks or scratched on the earth​
• Sculpted figures of men, women, and animals served to honor or worship gods
and goddesses, and spirits. Some are done to record history before writing and
paper was invented. ​
• Eventually, sculpture was done to pay tribute to heroes, leaders, and important
events, and for aesthetic purposes​

Types of Sculptures​:
• Relief​
• Free-Standing (veticalized)​
• Bust (chest area up to head)​
• Round (horizontalized)​
 Relief​
Figures that are attached to a ground​

Sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid

background of the same material​
 Free-Standing​
Unattached to the background and has space on all sides. It is also referred to as
sculpture in round.

Unlike relief, fee-standing sculpture can be viewed from all sides.

Free-Standing​
 Historical Sculptures​
Durability​
Envisions the happening of an event ​
Takes the audience a glimpse of the before/past through the eyes of the artist and
gives clues on what was.​
Historical Sculptures​
 Oldest Known Artworks​

Bhimbetka and Daraki- The Manunggul Jar

Chattan Cupules • Philippines Palawan​
• India Central​ • 710 BC
• 290 – 700,000 BC​​ ​
 2 Major Sculpture Processes

Subtractive​
Process in which the unwanted material is cut away (Ex.
Carving of stone and wood)​

Additive​
Construction of a figure by putting together or welding
together the materials needed (Ex. Putting and Molding
Together clay or welding together metal parts)​
Subtractive
Additive
Mediums in Sculpture​

Stone ​

Bronze​

Wood​

Ivory​

Terra Cotta​

Other Materials
(Aluminum, steel,
plastic, etc)​
 Stone​

Most used for sculpture​

Advantage:​
• Stone is durable, resistant to the elements, fire, and
other hazards​

Disadvantage:​
• It is heavy and may break easily​
• Marble is the most beautiful of all stones​
• It has been the favorite material in Greece and Italy
where it is plentiful​
• Because of its hardness it is more permanent​
• It has a high gloss when polished​
Moai
 Bronze​​

Most used metal traditionally​

Sculptor makes a clay model, builds a furnace around

it, pour the molten metal around the model. Bronze
casting technique was used​

Scraps of iron or steel are also utilized​

These materials are chiseled into shapes, straightened or

bent, circled or squared to form a pleasing piece​
The Statue of
Bronze may be solid in small statues, but most large
Unity
bronze statues are hollow​
 Bronze​​

Advantages​:
• Rich color and smooth texture, makes it one of the
most beautiful mediums​
• Relatively light and the figure can support in many
positions that would be impossible in stone​

Disadvantages​:
• In large statues, the artist would prefer to make it
hollow inside because if he chooses to make it solid
metal, it would be heavy and expensive​
• It tends to crack when its cooked​
• Difficult and intricate to cast bronze​
• Bronze statues can also be melted for other purposes​
 Wood​​

Advantages​:
• Cheap, readily available, and easy to cut​
• Polishes well and has a smooth shiny surface and
beautiful color​
• Relative light and can be made easily into a variety
of shapes​
• Grain of wood that can be seen adds to its beauty​

Disadvantages​:
• Limited in size and burns easily​
Ben Butler’s
Unbounded
• Are known to discolor and decay easily (especially
in warm climates like in the Philippines) ​
 Ivory​

Hard, white material from animal teeth or tush (like

elephant tusk)​

Seldom used today​

Many statues of saints in Philippine churches and

homes have heads and arms made of ivory​

Advantages​
• Can survive for a long, long time​
• Smooth Texture​

Disadvantages​
Madonna and • Lacks vigor of wooden statues​
Child • Also tends to crack​
 Terra Cotta​​
Literally means “cooked earth”​

Moderately coarse clay product fired at comparatively low

temperature​

Usually painted and coated with heavy glaze​

The Terracotta Advantages​
Army • Most malleable of all mediums​
• Can be worked and re-worked until the artist has
achieved what he wants to do​
• Beautiful and versatile medium​

Disadvantages​
• Breaks and chip easily​
• Not a strong material and cannot stand great strain or
weight​
 Other Materials​​

SUAT FIGURE MAN OF STEEL Wild Mood

Aluminum Steel Swings
Recycled Materials
 Elements of Sculpture​

Line ​
• Shape of the piece of art​
• Could be horizontal, vertical, and
diagonal​
• Lead viewer’s eyes full
perspective of the subject of the
sculpture​
• Horizontal lines – Connote peace
and tranquility​
• Vertical Lines – Forceful and Diego Cabezas “Line
dynamic; allow subject to “stand”​ Drawings”
• Diagonal Lines – Action lines;
Show Movement
 Elements of Sculpture​

Color
• Refers to its property hue and
value​
• Decorative element put into the
art piece​
• The piece of art remains natural
in color but in some cases, color
is added especially when glass
or plastic is combined

Colors in the
Wind
 Elements of Sculpture​

Texture ​
• The way the object feel to the
touch​
• Materials can be smooth, rough,
rugged, or fine textured

Thousands
Porcelain Spines
 Elements of Sculpture​

Volume
• Solidity or thickness​
• Sculpture occupies space​
• Viewer changes the imagery
from where one stands​

Controllers of the
Universe
 Elements of Sculpture​

Perspective​
• Depth or distance​
• This could be gleaned from statues​
• Linear perspective is defined as
figures becoming smaller as they
recede into the distance​
• Aerial perspective is defined as
figures become fainter or les
visible in the distance
Nelson Mandela
Sculpture
 Elements of Sculpture​

Form​
• Overall design​
• Artist favorite designs are
triangles, circles, and rectangles

Don Frost
“Freeform”
 Elements of Sculpture​

Style
• Artist show individuality in their
art style​
• Through their art, they show their
likes and dislikes.​
• Artist also fit their style to their
subjects, their lifestyles, the
environment where they move, the Hsu Tung Hang “Pixilated
time and place where the artist Glitches”
lives
THAN
K