The Artistic Features of Western Sculpture

Western figure sculptures are characterized by extremely rich images and increasing numbers. It mainly depicts the images of warriors, attendants, geisha musicians, dancers and other people with different social status.

The third characteristic of western figure sculpture is to pay attention to form, which has continued in ancient Greece to this day. The sculptures of western figures are lively. The expanded data sculpture technique gradually got rid of the stylization, and the image was vivid. The second characteristic of western figure sculpture is that sculpture materials are used more widely. There is a trend of comprehensive utilization, such as bronze, gold, silver, lead, pottery, jade, stone, teeth, bone and so on. The manufacturing technology of various materials has also developed, and the pursuit of complexity and beauty has become the dominant aesthetic tendency in this period, especially in the sculptures of bronze, jade and lacquer wood. The sculpture of this period has not yet stood out from the arts and crafts, so it still retains a strong decorative effect.