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Sculpture

Sculpture. A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it. What is Sculpture?. Three-dimensional - Having, or appearing to have, height, width, and depth. Sculptures can also be described as: I n the round Relief Assemblage. Media may be:

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Sculpture

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  1. Sculpture A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it. What is Sculpture? Three-dimensional - Having, or appearing to have, height, width, and depth • Sculptures can also be described as: • In the round • Relief • Assemblage

  2. Media may be: clay, wax, stone, metal, fabric, wood, plaster, rubber, and found objects. Materials may be: carved, modeled, molded, cast, wrought, welded, sewn, or assembled and combined.

  3. Elements of Sculptural Design The two principal elements of sculpture are mass and space. Mass refers to the sculpture's bulk, the solid bit contained within its surfaces. Space is the air around the solid sculpture, and reacts with the latter Principles of Sculptural Design These regulate the approach of sculptors to such matters as orientation, proportion, scale, articulation and balance.

  4. Methods Additive - Sculptural form produced by combining or building up material from a core or armature Subtractive - involves removing material, as in wood carving or stone sculpture Mixed Media – using multiple materials

  5. Sculptures can be Realistic Non-Objective Abstract

  6. Realism: The realistic and natural representation of people, places, and/or things in a work of art. Abstract: departing from representational accuracy, to a variable range of possible degrees, for some reason other than verisimilitude (Appearing to be true or real). Abstract artists select and then exaggerate or simplify the forms suggested by the world around them. Non-objective:Artworks having no recognizable subject matter (not recognizable as such things as houses, trees, people, etc.)

  7. Types of Sculpture In-The-Round Free-standing sculpture, to be viewed from all sides, which is surrounded on all sides by space

  8. Types of Sculpture Relief sculpture Bas-Relief: A French term meaning "low-raised work.“ 2. Alto-relievo: another name for high relief

  9. Types of Sculpture 3. Intaglio: hollow-relief, describes an image that is carved into a flat surface

  10. Types of Sculpture Assemblage A three-dimensionalcomposition made of various materials such as found objects, paper, wood, and textiles.

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