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Understanding Sculpture: Techniques & Forms

This document provides an overview of sculpture including its unique qualities of existing in space and being viewed from all sides. It defines different types of sculpture such as relief sculptures, sculpture in the round, and kinetic art. It also describes various processes used in sculpture such as modeling, carving, casting, and assembly. Relief sculptures are mounted on a flat surface and include bas relief and high relief. Sculpture in the round can be viewed from all sides. Processes like modeling involve building up material while carving removes material. Casting involves pouring liquid into a mold to duplicate sculptures.

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Understanding Sculpture: Techniques & Forms

This document provides an overview of sculpture including its unique qualities of existing in space and being viewed from all sides. It defines different types of sculpture such as relief sculptures, sculpture in the round, and kinetic art. It also describes various processes used in sculpture such as modeling, carving, casting, and assembly. Relief sculptures are mounted on a flat surface and include bas relief and high relief. Sculpture in the round can be viewed from all sides. Processes like modeling involve building up material while carving removes material. Casting involves pouring liquid into a mold to duplicate sculptures.

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Chapter 3 - Lesson 3

Sculpture
Unique Quality of Sculpture
• Exists in space
• Viewed from all sides
• Actual space rather than illusion of
space
• A sculptor sets out to fill space with
original, visually appealing forms.
• These forms may echo reality,
express powerful emotions, or
communicate ideas.
Vocabulary of sculpture

• Bas relief
• High relief
• Sculpture in the round
• Modeling
• Carving
• Casting
• Assembly
• Kinetic art
Relief Sculpture
• Not all sculpture can be viewed from
all sides.
• Relief sculptures are 3-d forms
mounted to a flat surface.
• Like paintings these sculptures are
designed to be viewed form the
front.
• Bas relief – the sculptured forms
project only slightly from the
background
• High relief – the sculptured forms
extend boldly out into space
Bas Relief- Donatello - Feast of Herod
High Relief – Andrea della Robbia – Madonna & child
Sculpture in the round
• Any freestanding work
surrounded on all sides
by space.

• Not all freestanding


sculptures are meant to
be viewed from all
sides.
Processes of Sculpture
• Modeling – is a process in which a
soft, pliable material is built up and
shaped into a sculptural form.
Clay Wax or Plaster
Sculptor will gradually add more and more material
to build a 3-D form, this is known as the additive
process
Processes of Sculpture
• Carving – is cutting or chipping a
form from a given mass of material to
create a sculpture.

Stone , Wood
Removing material in order
to create a sculpture is
known as the subtractive
process.
Each type of stone has
unique characteristics
which create individual
challenges and textures.
I saw the angel in the
marble and carved
until I set him free.
Michelangelo
Processes of Sculpture
• Casting – a melted-down metal or
other liquid substance is poured into
a mold to harden.
• This method allows the artist to duplicate an original
sculpture done in wax, clay, plaster or some other material.
• Most widely used
• for is known as
• the “cire-perdu”
• or lost wax. Well
• over a thousand
• years old
• method.
Processes of Sculpture
• Assembly – The artist gathers and
joins together a variety of materials
to construct a 3-D work of art.
Assemblage is a modern technique
usually utilizing found items.

Kinetic Art – is a sculptural form that


actually moves in space. (both
externally and internally.)
Sculpture
• No one can predict what the
sculptures of the future will look like.
In one important way, however, they
will be like the ones of past and
present: They will continue to record
the full range of human experience
in ways that are sometimes
shocking, sometimes touching, but
always thrilling to see, to touch, and
to appreciate.

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