Sculpture

Categories: Society & Culture | Art | Crafts
    • Michelangelo's David is the world's most well-known sculpture
    • The giant Great Sphinx of Giza sculpture is made from a single stone
    • Gargoyle sculptures are designed to serve as water spouts for roof drains
    • The Statue of Liberty is the worlds largest hammered copper sculpture
    • Sculptures are more enduring than most other works of art
  • Sculptors use various materials such as clay, stone, wood and various metals to create a three-dimensional object. The materials may be hand-formed, welded, cast, carved or built up to create representational and abstract works of art in all shapes and sizes.
  • Types of Sculpture

    1. Jewelry
    2. Free-standing sculptures are designed to be surrounded by space on all sides and viewed from all angles
    3. Relief sculptures are mounted on a background
    4. Statues are three-dimensional representational reproductions of people, gods, events or animals
    5. Busts are representational sculptures of people from the chest up
    6. Kinetic sculptures involve physical motion

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