1. Chapter Lesson 3
Sculpture

2. 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.

3. Vocabulary of sculpture
Bas relief
High relief
Sculpture in the round
Modeling
Carving
Casting
Assembly
Kinetic art

4. 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

5. Bas Relief- Donatello - Feast of Herod

6. High Relief – Andrea della Robbia – Madonna & child

7. 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.

10. 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

11. 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.

12. I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Michelangelo
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13. 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.

14. 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.)

15. 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.