SCULPTURE
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WHAT IS SCULPTURE?
SCULPTURE is the art of forming a threedimensional work of art.
Sculpture is considered one of the oldest art
forms.
The word sculpture originated from the Latin
word sculpture meaning to carve.
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MEDIUMS AND TECHNIQUES
IN SCULPTURE
WOOD
STONE
MARBLE
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FOUR BASIC TYPES OF SCULPTURING
MODELING
CARVING
CASTING
ASSEMBLY
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M O D E L I N G
Modeling is an additive sculpture.
The media that artists use to mold sculptures include
clay, wax, pulp, and plaster.
When a soft or malleable material (such as clay) is
constructed (sometimes on a skeleton) and shaped
to create a form, a model sculpture is created.
Model sculpture can also be the first step in casting
or carving sculptures.
MEDIUMS & TECHNIQUES
C A S T I N G
Casting is an additive process.
The process involved in producing bronze
sculptures. Bronze is an alloy consisting of
copper commonly with about 12 – 12.5 % tin
and often with the addition of other metals
like aluminum, manganese, nickel, or zinc.
Casting sculpture involves modeling the
sculpture, then making a mold and casting it in
metal or other media.
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C A R V I N G
Carving is a subtractive sculpture.
Generally, materials such as wood
blocks, stones, and other hard materials
are used.
Engraving involves cutting or cutting
off a shape from a large amount of
stone, wood, or other hard materials.
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A S S E M B L Y
Assembly is an additive sculpture.
Sculptors gather and add different materials to
create assembled art sculptures.
Assembled sculptures will pull bits and pieces—
some are recycled—from almost anywhere into
textures that satisfy the artist.
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KINDS OF SCULPTURE
1. ROUND
SCULPTURE
Also called a free-standing
sculpture, a round sculpture
or sculpture in the round
stands on its own and is
capable of being viewed at
all sides (front, rear, left, and
right sides). These works do
not have a background or
any kind of support except
the base.
2. RELIEF
SCULPTURE
It does not stand on its
own because it is
attached. 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.
KINDS OF SCULPTURE
R E L I E F
S C U L P T U R E
HIGH RELIEF SCULPTURE
R E L I E F
LOW RELIEF SCULPTURE
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