sculpture

     

Sculpture is three-imensional artwork created by shaping hard or plastic material, commonly stone (either rock or marble), metal, or wood. Some sculptures are created directly by carving; others are assembled, built up and fired, welded, molded, or cast. A person who creates sculptures is called a sculptor.

Trivia about sculpture

  • Like painters, modern artists in this form turned to abstraction, as in David Smith's work in steel
  • This name for a work of art that you may carve in art class comes from the Latin for "to carve"
  • Born in 1911, Louise Bourgeois worked into her 90s on her biomorphic creations in this art form
  • As Brancusi's assistant, Isamu Noguchi mastered this art form on display at a Queens museum named for him
  • In May 2002 a Brancusi brought $18 million, then a record auction price for one of these
  • For works using 3-dimensional colored materials, Archipenko combined the name of this art form with painting

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