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    Sculpture is the art of making three-dimensional figures out of various materials like stone, wood, metal, clay, or other materials. There are different types of sculpture like free-standing sculptures that can be viewed from all angles or relief sculptures that are attached to a background. Sculptures are also created through various techniques like subtraction where material is removed, addition where materials are combined, or substitution where materials are molded or cast. Sculptures are also classified based on the materials used like stone, wood, metal, ivory, ice, or wire. The document also provides examples of important Filipino sculptors from the 19th and 20th centuries like Isabelo Tampinco, Guillermo

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    Sculpture is the art of making three-dimensional figures out of various materials like stone, wood, metal, clay, or other materials. There are different types of sculpture like free-standing sculptures that can be viewed from all angles or relief sculptures that are attached to a background. Sculptures are also created through various techniques like subtraction where material is removed, addition where materials are combined, or substitution where materials are molded or cast. Sculptures are also classified based on the materials used like stone, wood, metal, ivory, ice, or wire. The document also provides examples of important Filipino sculptors from the 19th and 20th centuries like Isabelo Tampinco, Guillermo

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    Sculpture is the art of making three-dimensional figures out of various materials like stone, wood, metal, clay, or other materials. There are different types of sculpture like free-standing sculptures that can be viewed from all angles or relief sculptures that are attached to a background. Sculptures are also created through various techniques like subtraction where material is removed, addition where materials are combined, or substitution where materials are molded or cast. Sculptures are also classified based on the materials used like stone, wood, metal, ivory, ice, or wire. The document also provides examples of important Filipino sculptors from the 19th and 20th centuries like Isabelo Tampinco, Guillermo

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    Sculpture is the art of making three-dimensional figures out of various materials like stone, wood, metal, clay, or other materials. There are different types of sculpture like free-standing sculptures that can be viewed from all angles or relief sculptures that are attached to a background. Sculptures are also created through various techniques like subtraction where material is removed, addition where materials are combined, or substitution where materials are molded or cast. Sculptures are also classified based on the materials used like stone, wood, metal, ivory, ice, or wire. The document also provides examples of important Filipino sculptors from the 19th and 20th centuries like Isabelo Tampinco, Guillermo

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    SCULPTURE

    What is Sculpture?
    (Latin sculpere, “to carve”) Is the art of making figures, such as human forms, animals or geometrics
    that can either be standing freely, or attached to a background frame, a wall or a flat surface, either
    single or in group.

    TYPES OF SCULPTURE

    a. Free Standing/ Three Dimensional


    The viewer can go around the figure and gaze at from different angles.
    The front, back and side are all exposed to the viewer
    b. Relief Sculpture
    The figure is mounted to the background which may either be a frame, a wall or a flat surface.

    1. Low relief sculpture


    - the figure is raised only a little from the background

    2. High relief (alto-relief) sculpture


    - the figure is embossed or raised above the surface of the background

    3. Sunken relief (intaglio relief) sculpture


    - the figure is carved into a flat surface rather than carving the surrounding materials away
    - is most famously associated with the art of Ancient Egypt

    MAJOR PROCESSES OF CREATION

    a. Subtraction
    - in this process, the artist uses his chisels, hammers, and other tools, deducts parts from the
    medium to form a designed image.

    b. Addition/ Construction/ Assemblage


    - in this process, the artist uses the method of combining materials wherein small pieces of
    materials such as plastics, metals, clay, or found objects and then adds other elements to construct
    the image.

    c. Substitution
    - any material transformable from a plastic, molten or fluid state can be molded or cast into a
    work of sculpture.
    CLASSIFICATION OF SCULPTURE ACCORDING TO MATERIALS AND METHODS OF
    TREATMENT

    a. Stone sculpture - is the result of forming 3-dimensional visually interesting objects from stone
    using hammer and chisel as the basic tools for carving stone

    b. Wood Sculpture - is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool(knife) or a chisel, resulting
    in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.

    c. Metal Sculpture - art of metal casting


    - creates the most lasting works

    d. Repousse sculpture - A method of creating a relief design by hammering or pressing the reverse
    side of a metal surface

    e. Clay Sculpture - Sculpture produced by molding with the use of clay

    f. Ivory Sculpture - used by Greeks in combination with gold for monumental works
    - is the carving of ivory, that is to say animal tooth or tusk, by using sharp cutting
    tools, either mechanically or manually.

    g. Ice sculpture - a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material. Sculptures from ice can be
    abstract or realistic and can be functional or purely decorative. Ice sculptures are generally
    associated with special or extravagant events because of their limited lifetime.

    h. Wire sculpture -refers to the creation of sculpture or jewelry (sometimes called wire wrap jewelry)
    of wire

    i. Glyptics - the art of engraving or carving, especially on precious stones

    REDISCOVERING THE ROOTS OF PHILIPPINE SCULPTURE

    a. Isabelo Tampinco - the greatest Filipino sculptor of the 19th century

    b. Guillermo Tolentino – his works include The Monument of Gat. Andres Bonifacio and the Heroes
    of 1896

    c. Napoleon Abueva – his works include Baby Moses and Ring of the Gods

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