Modern Sculpture

There have been three peaks in the development of Western sculpture: Ancient Greece and Rome are the first peak, and Fidelis is at the top of the peak; the Italian Renaissance is the second peak, and Michelangelo is at the top of the peak; and the third peak is the 19th-century France, and Rodin is at the top of the peak of the giants. The art created by Fidelis, Michelangelo and Rodin is the crystallization of human wisdom and embodies the highest achievement of classical civilization. Rodin put an end to the traditional art of sculpture. Since then, Western sculpture has entered a new era - the era of modern sculpture. The so-called "modern sculpture art", refers to Rodin, Mayor and other Western sculpture art, sculptors attempt to get rid of classical sculpture, the pursuit of new ideas and new values, and the use of new forms of expression, this art school, collectively referred to as the modern school. Modernist artists away from reason, close to sensibility, no longer imitate nature, began to "detach from nature", "arrange nature", "express nature", "anatomize nature", "dissect nature". They began to "detach themselves from nature", "arrange nature", "express nature", "dissect nature", "feel nature", and melt themselves into nature. Generally speaking, modernist artists emphasize sensibility and subjective inner spiritual expression, use feeling instead of observation, use synthesis, abstraction and semi-abstraction instead of figuration, no longer express the objective existence of the form, but strive to pursue the discovery of the form of the self-mind, and negate the utilitarian nature of art, believing that art is only a form with meaning. Modern art is the inevitable development of traditional art, but also the product of modern society reflected in the spirit of the artist. Taking an overview of the basic tendency of Western art creation in the 20th century, three trends emerged: expression, abstraction and symbolization. Representative works include Mother and Child