Introduction to sculpture

1. Introduction to sculpture

2. Sculpture is a three-dimensional artwork created by shaping hard materials - typically stone such as marble - or metal, glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic") materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals. The term has been extended to works including sound, text and light.

3. Sculpture in Round • Sculpture in Relief

4. Greek Classical4th BCEDiscus thrower

5. Sculpture in Round • Free-standing sculpture, sculpture that is surrounded on all sides, except the base, by space. It is also known as sculpture "in the round", • One can move around this type of sculpture

7. Relief Sculpture • To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane

9. Egyptian Sculpture • 1500 BCE

10. Greek Classical

11. Greek Hellenistic

12. Medieval Sculpture • 13th CE

13. Medieval Sculpture

14. Renaissance • Moses Michelangelo • 15th CE

15. Pieta Michelangelo • 15th CE

16. Bernini • Baroque • 17th CE • Ecstasy of St Theresa

17. Rodin • 1901 • Bronze • Thinker

18. Henry Moore: 20th CE

19. Anish Kapoor Cloud Gate Cont.

20. Indian

21. Bronze dancing girl • Indus valley • 2500 BCE

22. Indus Valley

23. Sanchi Stupa 2, 2nd CE

24. Gupta Buddha • 5th CE

25. Ellora 7th CE

26. Pala • 11th CE

27. D.P Roychowdry: Triumph of Labor

28. Ramkinker Baij

29. Nagji Patel

30. Subodh Gupta