What categories can sculpture be divided into?

Sculpture can be divided into sculpture and plastic sculpture. Sculpture, including stone carving and wood carving; Plastic, mainly clay sculpture, copper casting is first plastic and then casting.

Sculpture is also divided into two forms: round carving and relief. Circular sculpture refers to a completely three-dimensional sculpture that is not attached to any background and can be viewed from all angles. Relief is a kind of sculpture that carves raised images on a plane. According to the thickness of surface bumps, it can be divided into two types: high relief and shallow relief. In addition, there is another kind of carving between the round carving and the relief, that is, on the basis of the relief, the background part is hollowed out, some are single-sided carving and some are double-sided carving.

According to the purpose and use of sculpture, the types of sculpture are: easel sculpture (such as figures or animals displayed in general art exhibitions), and the styles of sculpture are head, bust, full-length portrait, group portrait and so on. Memorial sculpture (such as Liu Hulan Monument sculpture); Garden sculpture (such as Mo Chounv statue in Nanjing Mochou Lake Park); Architectural decorative sculpture, practical decorative sculpture and so on. In addition, due to the different artistic traditions of different countries, all kinds of sculptures have their own different characteristics, which need to be analyzed in detail. Colored sculpture is an important form of sculpture art in China.