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What is Sculpture?
What is Sculpture?
Sculpture
It is a work of art that expresses itself by creating 3D shapes, having volume, weight and taking up space in the air. By using different materials, materials used to create sculptures. will determine how to create a portfolio beauty of sculpture Caused by the light and shadow that occur in sculpture creation works can be done in 4 ways:
1. Casting is the creation of a 3D shape from a material that is tough, soft and holds together well. Materials that are commonly used for molding include clay, clay, plaster, flour, wax, paper or sawdust mixed with glue, etc.
2. Carving is the creation of 3D shapes from hard and brittle materials by using tools. Popular materials that are carved include wood, stone, glass, plaster, etc.
3. Molding is the creation of 3D shapes from fusible and reversible materials by means of a mold. which can produce two or more identical works. The most popular materials used for casting are metal, cement, flour, glass, wax, clay, resin, plastic, etc. Ruman (Chit Rianpracha)
4. Forming assembly (Construction) is the creation of 3D shapes by combining different materials together. And bonded together with different materials, choosing a method of creating sculptures. Depending on the material to be used, sculptures, no matter how they are created, are of three types: low-relief, high-relief and floating. The creator of the sculpture is called a Sculptor.
Type of sculpture
1. Low relief sculpture (Bas Relief) is a figure that is raised from the floor or has a supporting background, clearly visible on only one side, namely the front, with less than half the height from the floor of the real picture, such as a coin relief. embossed shape used to decorate the container Or decorate architectural buildings, churches, temples, some amulets
2. High Relief sculpture (High Relief) is a different figure in the same manner as the low relief, but with a height from the floor from half the real picture up. It makes the pattern deeper, clearer and more realistic than the bas-relief and works the same way as the bas-relief.
3. Floating sculptures (Round Relief) are various images that can be seen around or from 4 sides or more, such as various vessels, various idols, Buddha images, idols, images according to ideology. Pictures of important people, animals, etc.
Sculpture Such as
Bas-relief sculpture (carved) at Angkor Wat
High relief sculpture by Rodin, French sculptor
Floating sculpture by Rodin, French sculptor
Sculpture ( English : sculpture ) is a work of art that expresses sculpture, carving, casting and other elements of beauty. on various media such as wood, stone, metal, bronze, etc. to create a 3D shape with depth or thick relief. Can convey various things, social conditions, culture, including the human mind by the work. through the creation of a sculptor Sculpture is a branch of the visual arts . People who work in sculpture are often called sculptors.
Religious sculpture is often spelled differently as a sculpture. The person who creates the sculpture is called the Sculptor .
Sculptures are categorized into 3 types according to the depth of the sculptures:
- bas-relief sculpture
- high relief sculpture
- floating sculpture
There is also a mobile sculpture. hanging and moving and sculptures temporarily installed outdoors. (Installation Art) called installation art .
1. Floating sculptures (Round-Relief) include sculptures that are molded, cast or carved into a floating shape to look around. There is no background, such as monumental sculptures, portrait sculptures. and floating Buddha images from various periods as well as sculptures for decorations Which is considered a classic Thai Buddha image is considered the most complete floating sculpture in Thailand.
This type of sculpture was created a lot in modern times, such as monuments and idols or statues of high-ranking masters, such as the monument of King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great. Foot of the Buddha Yodfa Bridge, Bangkok, King Taksin the Great Monument At Wongwian Yai, Bangkok, King Rama VI Monument At Lumpini Park, Bangkok, many monuments in various provinces, etc.
2. High relief sculpture (High – Relief) is a sculpture that does not float with a background. The sculpture will protrude from the background quite high. But there is a background in the background. This type of sculpture is often used to decorate buildings, Buddhist architecture, monument bases, general buildings.
It is a sculpture that is popularly created to decorate buildings in the past Buddhist architecture, such as sculptures decorating the temple of Lai Temple, Tha Wung District, Lopburi Province. which is a high relief stucco sculpture It is said to be the art of the U-Thong period.
Built around the 17th century, the front of the viharn is depicted as Prathom Sompho and Thotsachat, and the back is about the division of the Buddha’s relics. stucco sculpture Buddha image in posture posture at Chedi Chet Thaeo Temple Si Satchanalai District Sukhothai Stucco sculpture at Vihara in the shape of a horse, Wat Mahathat, Nakhon Si Thammarat province and stucco sculpture decorated Chet Yod Chedi. Wat Chedi Chet Yot, Mueang District Chiang Mai Province, etc.
The relief sculptures used for this decoration should include Sculptures that are decorated with decorative patterns, such as stucco sculptures decorated with glass in front of the house. various temples and viharn, as well as to decorate the present architecture such as sculptures that are molded into a story or a decorative pattern to decorate the building Decorating the base of monuments, decorating bridges and other structures, etc.
3. Bas-Relief sculptures include sculptures that are similar to high relief sculptures. But it is flat or thinner than this type of sculpture. didn’t appear much in the past which usually include Sculptures that are decorative patterns, such as carved with wood, stone, stucco, etc., nowadays are very common because they are used as decorative works. which may be molded into a story about history according to the purpose of the architecture in which the sculpture is assembled.
This type of sculpture is also well used in various types of medallions as well as in the forming of insignias, badges, and insignias widely.
