Sculpture

Part 01 Definition

Part 02 History

Part 03 Styles

Part 04 Samples
Sculpture
• Sculpture is From the Latin word Sculpere
which means to carve. The Tools used in
sculpture are varied and is changing
throughout history.

• Fourth, traditional sculptors used only two

main techniques: carving or modelling.
History

Palaeolithic period (35000 BCE)

-the lowen men's statue has been estimated
that the carving using primitive flint tools
likely took more than 350 hours to complete
because tribes of the time lived on the edge of
subsistence spending such an extended
amount of time in making this statute suggest
it must have been an extremely important ar-
tifact may have perhaps been intended for use
in a shamanistic ritual to curry protection for
the tribe or ensure a good hunt.
History

Egyptian sculpture ( 2500

BCE)
-the great sphinx of giza one
of the world's most famous
sculptures the head of human
on the body of a lion carve out
of the time stone bedrock
measures 65 m high and 240
cm long.
History

Greek sculpture early classical (323

BCE- 231 CE)
- Laocoon and his son's distinction
between the sacred and the secular
the greek gods were thought to have
human form was considered to be
the most important subject in greek
art in sculpture the early greeks fol-
lowed the egyptian format very
closely carving very stiff blocky fig-
ures in stone.
History

Rise Of Christianity
The Colossus of Constantine the roman empire was
largely polytheistic sculptured works we're gener-
ally intended to honor a variety of different gods or
members of nobility. Emperor constantine made
christianity the official religion and we start to see
a shift in the subject matter of popular sculpture.
Giant statues became less common, and portraiture
began to dominate the field of roman sculpture.
History

Gothic Sculpture 13th century AD

-notre-dame cathedral paris the
gargoyle gothic era expanded on the
religious sculptures of the early me-
dieval period and the figures on
churches became more elaborate
prominent biblical figures were
shown in very high relief sculptures
which we're often situated free-
standing around the church.
History

In 1497, a young Michelangelo was com-

missioned by French Cardinal Jean de Bil-
heres Lagraulas to create “the most beauti-
ful work of marble in Rome, one that no
living artist could better”, for the cardi-
nal’s future tomb in Old St. Peter’s Basil-
ica. Few will argue that Michelangelo not
only rose to the Cardinal’s challenge with
the Pieta but also managed to surpass it.
History

Michelangelo sculpted the Pieta from a single block of

Carrara marble, which he claimed was the most perfect
block of marble he had ever worked with. He also
claimed that he could “see” the sculpture within the
marble itself and that it was his job to merely remove
the excess in order to free the image inside. Michelan-
gelo named his sculpture the Pieta. It depicts the dead
body of Jesus after his crucifixion, draped across the
Virgin Mary’s lap as she looks down upon his body in
grief. Michelangelo was deeply religious and the Pieta is
an expressive piece that was clearly inspired by his
deep and abiding faith.
History
The 19th and 20th centuries
The thinker by August Rodin
In 19th and 20th centuries the art world reflected
the rapid fine changes brought about by the indus-
trial revolution instead of focusing on perfect
anatomy details and story telling. Artists began to
pay more attention to what they perceived below
the surface personal expression and style to on
greater importance in creating a truer rendition of
reality. Auguste Rodin a french sculptor is one of
the most famous of the sculptors of the time and its
considered the father of modern sculpture.
History

Modernism
Picasso Cubist Sculpture
-a variety of cut movements occured during
the modernism. Movement of the early 20th
century . Cubism,dadaism ,surrealism, pop,
cart ,minimalism and futurism all came about
during this period.Although most famous as a
painter ,Pablo Picasso did also produce some
sculptural pieces in fact his mixed media
sculpture where specially influential in the be-
ginning of the 20th century.
Style
Earthwork Sculpture

Often known as land

art, are works created
in the ground or using
naturally available
rocks or wood.
Roman Sculpture

Blended the idealised

perfection of Classical
Greek sculpture with a
greater aspiration for
realism.
Relief

In plastic art, relief

sculpture is any work
which projects from
but which belongs to
the wall, or other type
of background surface,
on which it is carved.
Wood Carving
Wood Carving, as an art
form, includes any kind of
sculpture in wood, from the
decorative bas-relief on
small objects to life-size fig-
ures in the round, furniture,
and architectural decora-
tions. The woods used vary
greatly in hardness and
grain.Often
Abstract Sculpture
Came primarily out of the
work of Brancusi, one of the
fathers of modernist sculp-
ture. Rather than figurative
art, which sought to repre-
sent to greater or lesser de-
grees of details an object,
abstract art did away with
the concern for representa-
tion.
Renaissance Sculpture
Understand as a process of
recovery of the sculpture of
classical antiquity. Sculptors
found in the artistic remains
and in the discoveries of
sites of that bygone era the
perfect inspiration for their
works. They were also in-
spired by nature.
Kinetic Sculpture

Sculpture in which
movement (as of a mo-
tor-driven part or a
changing electronic im-
age) is a basic element.
Baroque Sculpture
Use of melodrama, theatrical-
ity, or emotional qualities--
sometimes even shocking ele-
ments. a focus on the climac-
tic moment. invasion of the
viewer's space through dra-
matic foreshortening in paint-
ing or implied spatial connec-
tions in sculpture.
Equestrian Sculpture

In sculpture, the
term "equestrian
statue" describes a
statue of a rider
mounted on a horse
Architectural Sculpture
Are sculptures that are
designed to be integrated
into building façades for
residential or commer-
cial buildings. They are
made from a variety of
materials such as wood,
stone, and metal.
Samples
1. The Terracotta Army, 210-209 BC
2. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of
Saint Teresa, 1647-52
3. Auguste Rosin, The Burghers of Calais, 1894-
85
4. Pablo Picasso, Guitar, 1912
5. Constan Brancusi, Mlle Pogany,
1913
6. Antony Gormley, The Angel of the
North, 1988
7. Jose Rizal Muniment
8. Bonifacio National Monument
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