Sculptures can be divided into wood carvings, stone carvings, ivory carvings, bone carvings, lacquer carvings, shell carvings, root carvings, ice carvings, clay sculptures, dough sculptures, ceramic sculptures, plaster statues, etc.

Sculptures Three basic forms: round sculpture, relief and openwork

Round sculpture

Round sculpture

The so-called round sculpture refers to a three-dimensional sculpture that is non-compressed and can be appreciated in many directions and angles. Three-dimensional sculpture. Techniques and forms are also diverse, including realistic and decorative, concrete and abstract, indoor and outdoor, shelf and large city sculptures, colored and non-colored, etc.; sculpture content and subject matter They are also rich and colorful, and can be characters, animals, or even still lifes; the materials are even more colorful, including stone, wood, metal, clay sculptures, textiles, paper, plants, rubber, etc. As one of the modeling techniques of sculpture, round sculpture has a wide range of applications and is also the most common sculpture form among ordinary people.

Relief

The so-called relief is the product of the combination of sculpture and painting. It uses compression to process objects, relies on factors such as perspective to express three-dimensional space, and can only be viewed from one or two sides. Reliefs are generally attached to another plane, so they are used more in architecture and can often be seen on utensils. Due to its compression characteristics, it takes up less space, so it is suitable for decoration in a variety of environments. In recent years, it has occupied an increasingly important position in urban beautification. Reliefs are as colorful as round sculptures in content, form and material. It mainly has several forms such as shrine type, high relief, low relief, line carving, and hollow type. Grotto sculptures in ancient my country can be classified as shrine sculptures. According to different modeling techniques, they can be divided into realistic, decorative and abstract. High relief sculpture refers to a form with small compression, large undulations, close to round sculptures, or even semi-circular sculptures. This kind of relief has a strong contrast between light and dark, and the visual effect is outstanding. The bas-relief has large compression and small fluctuations. It not only maintains an architectural planarity, but also has a certain sense of volume and fluctuation. Line carving is a combination of painting and sculpture. It relies on Light and shadow are produced, and light is used as a substitute for writing, and there are even some subtle ups and downs, giving people an elegant and subtle feeling

Openwork

Openwork

Remove the relief of the bottom plate. It is called openwork carving (hollow carving). The so-called bottom plate of the relief is removed to create a variety of negative space, and the contour lines of the negative space and the positive space have a rhythm of mutual conversion. This technique was often used on door, window and railing furniture, and some can be viewed from both sides.

In addition to the above two forms, sculptures can be roughly divided into five types according to their functions: commemorative sculptures, thematic sculptures, decorative sculptures, functional sculptures and display sculptures.

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