SC UL P TURE

CHAPTER V
ART APPRECIATION: GROUP III
WHAT IS SCULPTURE?
- is an artwork rendered on a
three-dimensional plane and is
created by using various
materials.
 TYPES OF SCULPTURE
FREE STANDING RELIEF KINETIC
 THE COMPOSITION OF
SCULPTURE
Subtraction
A way to create sculpture by eliminating parts of material in order to
create a piece. Ex. Carved Works
 THE COMPOSITION OF
SCULPTURE
Construction
A technique in sculpture that requires the sculptor to construct or
attach and reconfigure materials together.
 STATUE OF UNITY,
INDIA

STATUE OF LIBERTY, TREASURY BUILDING,

NY WASHINGTON

FLAMINGO,
 THE COMPOSITION OF
SCULPTURE
Substitution
This technique will use liquid materials that can be molded or cast
into a work of art.
 HISTORY
OF
SCULPTURE
 HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
PREHISTORIC ERA
Early sculptures were mostly associated with
magical and religious practices. Prehistoric
people from the Old Stones Age used ivory,
bone or soft stone to create small statues.
Venus – primitive, about
women and about taste.
Venus – Classical Goddess of
sexual love and beauty Venus de Willendorf
Oolitic Limestone
24,000 – 22,000 BC
 HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
ANCIENT EGYPT
The first civilization to establish a
recognizable artistic style was Egypt. It
was easily recognizable due to the fact
that human figures were drawn
consistently. By using this, the artist is able
to figure from its easiest angle and this is
used also in paintings and low-relief
sculptures.
The Great Sphinx of Giza
Limestone 2,528 – 2,520 BC
 HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
ANCIENT GREECE
Characterized by heroic
realism. Artists attempted to
create the human body as it
appeared exactly. The
emphasis was to create figures
with unusual beauty or
deemed to perfect, in the eyes
Venus de Milo
Alexander of Antioch
of the Greeks. Discobolus
Myron
Marble Replicated in Marble
130 – 100 BC 460 – 450 BC
HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
MIDDLE AGES
During this time, there was a
proliferation of spirituality, religion
and faith which can be seen in many
of the artwork of the period. The
Middle Ages can be further divided
into different movements. The tow
most important are Byzantine Art
and Gothic Art.
HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
RENAISSANCE
A rebirth of classical ideas, the Renaissance saw a
proliferation of artists that tried to capture the ideas of
ancient Greece and Rome. Among these ideas was the
revival of classical art in sculpture as well.
 HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
RENAISSANCE
Lorenzo Ghiberti
- re-invented the lost-wax
casting the way Romans had
done it in the past.

The Gates of Paradise

Lorenzo Ghiberti
Bronze
1404 - 1424
HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
RENAISSANCE
Michelangelo
- The quintessential renaissance
man, he dabbled in many art
forms.

Statue of David La Pieta

Michelangelo Michelangelo
Marble Marble
1501 - 1504 1499
 HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
BAROQUE
- Baroque artists of the late 16th to 18th centuries
employed the use of emotions in their pieces. As
renaissance masterpieces did not show any emotions in
their works, the baroque artists employed the elements
of art to express and impress viewers with the dramatic.

Ectasy of Saint Theres

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Colored Marble
1647 - 1652
HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
MODERN
- Modern art which is closely associated with
modernism, rejected the ideas of the traditional and
went on a new path characterized by self-consciousness.
- Modern Artists experimented with new ways of seeing
and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and
functionbs of art.

The Thinker Reclining Figure

Aguste Rodin Henry Moore
Bronze Cast Painted Plaster
1902 1951
SCULPTURE IN THE
PHILIPPINES
MANUNGGUL JAR
The Manunggul jar was one of numerous jars found inside the
Tabon Caves in Lipuun Point, Palawan Philippines. These caves
were believed to be an ancient burial site for the peoples who
lived in the cave.

Manunggul Jar
Pottery
710 BC
MAINTUM ANTHROPOMORPHIC POTTERIES
The anthropomorphic secondary burial jars
from Pinol, Maitum, Saranggani Province in
Mindanao date back to the Metal Stage. These
burial ars are made of earthenware designed
and formed like human figures with complete
facial characteristics.

Maitum
Anthropomorph
 FILIPINO SCULPTURES

People Power Monument

Eduardo Castrillo Bantayog ng mga
1993 - EDSA Bayani
Kapanganaka
Eduardo Castrillo
n 1992 - QC
Napoleon
Abueva
The Bonifacio Monument The Ninoy Aquino Monument
Guillermo Tolentino Anastacio Caedo
1933 – Caloocan City Ayala Ave, Makati City
 FILIPINO SCULPTURES

The MacArthur Landing

Site
Anastacio Caedo Pres. Jose P. Laurel
Leyte Lyceum of the PH
University
ASEAN SPARKLE
Impy Pilapil
1997

Rizal Monument
Pilita I
Our Lady of EDSA Richard Kissling
Ramon Orlina
1913
MARAMING SALAMAT!