Briefly answer the characteristics of western sculpture art

China's sculpture art is a reflection of China's social life. In addition to primitive stone tools, according to the remaining materials and the main changes in their development process, it can be divided into four stages from Xia Dynasty to now: 1. Yin Shang Dynasty-Warring States Period (early ancient times). Second, the Han Dynasty-Jin Dynasty (late ancient times). Third, the Southern and Northern Dynasties-Five Dynasties (early Middle Ages). Fourth, Song and Qing Dynasties (late Middle Ages).

China's sculpture art is diverse, so the law of development is different. For example, the bronze ware manufacturing and decorative carving in China during the Yin and Zhou Dynasties were all left behind by later generations. The stone carvings in the portraits of the Han Dynasty fully reflected the real life at that time. Of course, the sculptures in the Tang and Song Dynasties surpassed those in the Han Dynasty, but the works in the Tang and Song Dynasties never fully reflected the reality like the stone reliefs in the Han Dynasty. Handicraft and commerce in the Ming Dynasty were improved compared with those in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but sculptures in the Ming Dynasty rarely fully showed the characteristics of each work as in the Song Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty was inferior to the Tang and Song Dynasties in sculpture, its other artistic achievements also lagged behind the previous generation.

The appearance of western sculpture first appeared as the decoration of architectural art, but it gained an independent position in a relatively short time. Europe is located in the temperate zone, and the regional differences are relatively small. The alpine mountains in the Alps, the mountains in Spain and the vast glaciers in Iceland have also cultivated different national personalities and different cultures of Europeans in regional differences, objectively forming cultural diversity.

The gods in ancient Greece, like human beings, were "gods" from top to bottom. In addition, geographical environment and other factors have also formed an alliance between the polis and democracy under slavery within the polis. Therefore, its sculptures focus on human bodies and portraits. Since ancient Greece founded and laid the people-oriented sculpture form, until the rise of modern sculpture in 2500, portraits have always occupied the dominant position of sculpture themes, and many excellent portrait sculptures have emerged. There are single people and combinations, and the gestures are rich and varied, which is culturally related to the ancient Greek concept that man is the scale of everything.