Lesson 5 Sculpture

SCULPTURE
SCULPTURE
 Originated from the Latin word sculpere
meaning to carve
 three-dimensional form constructed to
represent a natural or imaginary shape.

 It can be free-standing, carved in relief, or
kinetic
Free-Standing Sculpture
 Also known as
sculpture in the round
 One which can be seen
from more than one
position
 The statues of saints in
churches are examples
of free-standing
sculpture
Relief Sculpture
 Project from a flat background
 Does not fixed stand on its own because it is
attached
Bas Relief
 When the forms are
slightly raised
 Coins and medals are
of this kind
HIGH RELIEF SCULPTURES
 Are those whose figures
project to the extent of
one half of their thickness
or more so that they are
almost round.
 Almost the same as free-
standing sculpture but
differs from the latter
because it us attached so
that the back part cannot
be seen by an over looker.
LOW RELIEF
 Almost the same as a painting because it is
somewhat flat and attached to a surface but
differs from the latter because it has volume
and medium used varies from the mediums
used in painting
AKHENATEN NEFERTITI AND THEIR
TWO DAUGHTERS
RELIEF METAL SCULPTURE OF
KATIPUNAN
Mobile or Round Sculpture
 A kind of kinetic
sculpture
 Made of strips of
metal, glass, wood or
plastic, arranged with
wires and hung where
they can move.
Chistmas on Display Greenhills, San Juan

TRADITIONAL METHODS
IN MAKING SCULPTURE
CARVING
 Subtractive process,
which involves removing
unwanted portions of the
raw material to reveal the
form that the artist has
visualized
 Woods, stone and ivory
are the
materials/mediums
employed in this process
Modeling
 An additive process,  The metal wire holds
which means building the clay together so
the form, using highly that the sculpture will
plastic material such as not collapse under its
clay or wax. This own weight
results in a type of  When the form is
creative spontaneity. finished, it is fired or
 An armature is cast.
frequently used as a
skeleton for the form.
CASTING
 Can faithfully  The artist covers the
reproduce, in bronze original model with a
or other metals, the mold, usually a ceramic
spontaneity achieved in material, in such a way
the modeling process that a faithful negative
 It is a complex process production is created
which begins with the
production of a
negative mold.
Metal Casting
 Most often done with
the lost-wax method.
 In this process, a core
of clay is shaped
roughly into the form
of finished work over
this a coating of wax is
laid on which the
sculptor does the final
modelling .
 It employs any method  Welding is done by
of joining or fastening, joining pieces of metal
such as nailing, with oxyacetylene
stapling, soldering and torch.
welding. In this
process the artist build
his form piece by
piece.
 He may even combine
different materials
together.
Fabrication
 Came about because of
the rising cost of
traditional materials
and the difficulty in
getting them.
 The more popular
mediums of stone and
wood are now scarce
and expensive but
scrap metal is readily
available and easy to
work with, provided
one has the necessary
equipment.
EDUARDO CASTRILLO’S
Welding
BRONZE PIETA
 With hammered
sculpture, the artist
uses metal sheets,
usually copper or lead,
which the artist fastens
in such a way that both
sides are exposed for
him to work on.
ABDULMARI IMAO’S
Relief Sculpture
MATERIALS USED IN SCULPTURE
 Stone
 Limestone and
sandstone
 Relatively soft and
porous, which are easy
to carve and do not
weather)
Granite and basalt
 Both of volcanic origin
and are difficult to
chisel, which is good
for large works with
only few details
 Easier to carve because
Marble it is softer.
 The ancient Greeks
produced sculpture in
marble not only
because the material
was easy to work with
and because it is
capable of a very
smooth and lustrous
surface that could
represent human flesh
very convincingly.
 Sculptors used marble
that are intended to be
seen at close range.
Version of Pieta by
Brono Bearzzi
Michaelangelo’s Pieta at
St.Peter’s Basilica in Loyola Memorial Park in
Vatican Vity Marikina
JADE
 A fine colorful stone,
used widely in ancient
China.
 Later its use was
limited to religious
objects or those with
certain social
significance.
WOOD
 A lighter and softer to
work with than stone.
 It can be intricately
carved and subjected
to a variety of
treatment not possible
with stone.
Ivory
 Which comes from the
tusks of elephants and
wild boar is
intrinsically beautiful
and easy to carve into
the most intricate
designs using knife for
scraping.
 It is expensive and
does not come in big
chunks, it is frequently
used only for small
religious images
Metals
 Copper, brass, bronze,
gold, silver, lead, and
aluminum
 Three Unique Qualities:
Tensile strength,
ductility and
malleability that can
resist breakage from
stress placed upon it
Plaster
 Finely ground gypsum
or burned limestone.
 When mixed with
water, it forms a solid
material with new
qualities of workability.
Clay
 Used for ceramics and
sculpture since the
earliest times.
 Moistened to a putty-
like plasticity, it is
kneaded and coaxed
into form by the
sculptor’s bare hands.
TERA COTTA
 Earthenware and
stoneware are baked
clay or clay fired at a
relatively high
temperature.
Porcelain
 Made from mixed clay
containing a generous
amount of koalin and
feldspar, which result a
thin type of ceramics
of a translucent, white
bluish-white material
that is impervious to
liquid.
 It is often used for
figurines and
dinnerware.
Plasticine
 A synthetic non-
hardening compound
of earth clays, sulfur
and oil or grease.
 Extremely plastic, it is
almost exclusively
used for sculptural
sketching and model-
making.
Glass
 Can also be used to make
beautiful but very fragile
sculptures, which can be
molded in various colors
and shapes.
 Plastics, which are
transformed by chemical
processes from organic
materials like wood,
natural resins, and coal are
durable substances that
can be made to look and
feel like glass, ceramics,
leather, wood, or even
metal

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SCULPTURE

represent a natural or imaginary shape.

Chistmas on Display Greenhills, San Juan

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