Introduction to sculpture
• Sculpture is a three-dimensional artwork
created by shaping hard materials typically stone such as marble - or metal,
glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic") materials
can also be used, such as clay, textiles,
plastics, polymers and softer metals. The
term has been extended to works
including sound, text and light.
• Sculpture in Round
• Sculpture in Relief
Greek Classical
4th BCE
Discus thrower
Sculpture in Round
• Free-standing sculpture, sculpture that is
surrounded on all sides, except the base,
by space. It is also known as sculpture "in
the round",
• One can move around this type of
sculpture
Relief Sculpture
• To create a sculpture in relief is thus to
give the impression that the sculpted
material has been raised above the
background plane
• Egyptian
Sculpture
• 1500 BCE
• Greek Classical
Greek Hellenistic
• Medieval
Sculpture
• 13th CE
• Medieval
Sculpture
• Renaissance
• Moses
Michelangelo
• 15th CE
• Pieta
Michel
angelo
• 15th
CE
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Bernini
Baroque
17th CE
Ecstasy of St
Theresa
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Rodin
1901
Bronze
Thinker
Henry Moore: 20th CE
Anish
Kapoor
Cloud
Gate
Cont.
Indian
• Bronze
dancing girl
• Indus valley
• 2500 BCE
Indus Valley
Sanchi Stupa 2, 2nd CE
• Gupta Buddha
• 5th CE
Ellora 7th CE
• Pala
• 11th CE
D.P Roychowdry: Triumph of Labor
Ramkinker
Baij
• Nagji Patel
Subodh Gupta