Basic Forms of Sculpture

Round sculpture: refers to the sculpture that is not attached to any background and can be appreciated from all angles in three dimensions. The techniques and forms are also diverse, realistic and decorative, as well as concrete and abstract, indoor and outdoor, on the shelf and large-scale city sculpture, coloring and non-coloring, etc..

Relief: a product of the combination of sculpture and painting, using compression to deal with the object, relying on perspective and other factors to express three-dimensional space, and only for one side or two sides to view.

Transparent carving: also known as hollow carving, is the boundary between the round carving and relief sculpture. On the basis of relief carving, hollowing out its background, there are single-sided relief and double-sided relief, with a border is also known as hollowed out flower plate.

The three basic forms of sculpture: round, relief and perspective.

Circular sculpture

The so-called round sculpture is non-compressed, can be multi-directional, multi-angle appreciation of the three-dimensional sculpture. Sculpture content and subject matter is also colorful, can be characters, can also be animals, and even still life; material is even more colorful, there are stone, wood, metal, clay, textiles, paper, plants, rubber and so on.

Circular sculpture as one of the sculpture modeling techniques, the application range is extremely wide, is also the most common form of sculpture of the people.

Relief

Transparency

Transparency

The so-called relief is a combination of sculpture and painting, generally attached to another plane, and therefore used more in architecture, utensils can often be seen. Because of its compression characteristics, occupies less space, so it is suitable for a variety of environmental decoration. It occupies an increasingly important position in the city beautification environment. Relief sculpture in content, form and material as colorful as the round sculpture.

It mainly has several forms such as shrine type, high relief, shallow relief, line carving and hollowing.

China's ancient grotto sculpture can be attributed to the shrine sculpture, according to the different modeling techniques, can be divided into realistic, decorative and abstract.

High-relief sculpture refers to the compression of small, undulating, close to the round sculpture, or even half-circle sculpture of a form, this relief contrast between light and dark, the visual effect is prominent.

Shallow relief is compressed and undulating, it maintains a kind of architectural flatness, but also has a certain sense of volume and undulation.

Line carving is a combination of painting and sculpture, which relies on light and shadow to produce, with light instead of brush, and even has some subtle undulations, giving people a sense of light and subtle.

Translucent carving

The relief carving with the base plate removed is called translucent carving (openwork carving). The so-called relief carving of the base plate is removed, thus creating a changeable negative space, and make the negative space and positive space contour lines have a kind of rhythm of mutual conversion. This technique used to be commonly used on door and window railings furniture, some of which can be viewed from both sides.

Function Editor

Sculpture according to its function, can also be roughly divided into monumental sculpture, thematic sculpture, decorative sculpture, functional sculpture, as well as five kinds of display sculpture.

Sculpture according to the material classification can be divided into clay sculpture, stone sculpture, root sculpture, fiberglass sculpture or ceramic sculpture and other types.

Memorial sculpture

The so-called monumental sculpture is a historical or real-life people or events as the theme, can also be some kind of **** with the concept of permanent memorial. Used to commemorate important people and major historical events. Generally this type of sculpture more in the outdoors, but also in the indoor, such as Chairman Mao Memorial Hall of the President of the statue. Outdoor such sculpture is generally configured with the monument, or the sculpture itself has a monument consciousness. Such as the completion of the "Red Army Long March Monument" in 1990, known as China's largest sculpture art complex.

Thematic sculpture

Thematic sculpture, as the name suggests, it is a particular location, environment, architecture, the theme of the description, it must be organically combined with these environments, and point out the theme, and even sublimation of the theme, so that the audience obviously feel the characteristics of this environment. It can have the significance of commemoration, education, beautification, illustration and so on. Thematic sculpture reveals the theme of urban architecture and built environment. In Dunhuang County, there is a landmark sculpture, "Bouncing Pipa", taken from Dunhuang mural Bouncing Pipa Kabuki Flying Sky statue, showing the unique style and charm of the ancient "Silk Road", but also shows that the city has a world-renowned Mogao Grottoes attractions features. This type of sculpture closely linked to the city's environment and history, you can see a city's life, spirit, personality and pursuit.

Decorative Sculptures

Taiwan's Various Decorative Sculptures

Taiwan's Various Decorative Sculptures(15)

Decorative sculptures are one of the types of urban sculptures that have a relatively large number of sculptures, which are more relaxing, cheerful, and bring enjoyment of beauty, and are also known as sculpture vignettes. Here specifically put it as a category to put forward, because it is increasingly important in people's lives. Its main purpose is to beautify your living space, it can be as small as a living appliance, as large as street sculpture. The content of the performance is extremely wide, and the form of expression is also colorful. It creates a comfortable and beautiful environment, can purify people's minds, cultivate people's sentiment, cultivate people's pursuit of beautiful things. We usually say that most of the garden vignettes are this kind of sculpture.