sculptural decoration

Examples of sculptural decoration in the following topics:

• Postmodernist Sculpture

  • Ice sculpture is a form of ephemeral sculpture that uses ice as the raw material.
  • Ice sculptures feature decoratively in some cuisines, especially in Asia.
  • Kinetic sculptures are sculptures that are designed to move; mobiles are an example.
  • Sound sculpture is often site-specific.
  • Discuss the various kinds of postmodern sculpture, such as environmental sculpture and conceptual art.

• Gothic Sculpture

  • Elaborate sculpture was used extensively to decorate the facades of these buildings.
  • The Cologne Cathedral is a renowned monument to German Gothic architecture as well as a World Heritage Site home to numerous works of art and decorative sculpture.
  • The entire outside of the shrine is covered with an elaborate decorative overlay.
  • There are 74 high relief figures in silver gilt in all, not counting smaller additional figures in the background decoration.
  • On the sides, images of the prophets decorate the lower sections, while images of the apostles and evangelists decorate the upper part.

• Sculpture

  • In Italy, some sculptures tended towards the Roman Classical styles that elevated sculpture beyond interior design.
  • Meanwhile, in other parts of Europe, sculpture was being reduced to decorations meant to compliment elaborate architecture.
  • In Italy, some sculptures tended towards the Roman Classical styles that elevated sculpture beyond interior design.
  • Italian sculpture in the Medieval period often drew on multiple traditions.

• Monumental Reliefs in Southeast Asia

  • Sculpture and architecture were intimately connected in Southeast Asia, and monumental reliefs were used to decorate the walls of buildings.
  • Relief is a sculptural technique which gives the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.
  • As a result, relief sculpture was generally used to decorate the walls of buildings—particularly Hindu and Buddhist temples—and was accomplished on a very large scale.
  • The remaining 1,212 are solely decorative.
  • They decorated the tympana (semi-circular arched spaces above a doorway), walls, and ceilings with complex scenes.

• Impressionist Sculpture

  • Modern sculpture is generally considered to have begun with the work of French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
  • Also, many of his most notable sculptures clashed with the predominant figure sculpture tradition, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic.
  • Departing with centuries of tradition, he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks and the decorative beauty of the Baroque and neo-Baroque movements.
  • It was the freedom and creativity with which Rodin used these practices — along with his activation of the surfaces of sculptures through traces of his own touch — that marked Rodin's re-making of traditional nineteenthth century sculptural techniques into the prototype for modern sculpture.
  • Differentiate modern classicism in French sculpture from that of earlier classical sculpture.

• Sculpture in Southeast Asia

  • The sculpture of Southeast Asia was heavily influenced by Indian religions and artistic styles.
  • These influences played a considerable role in shaping the art and sculpture of Southeast Asia.
  • The subject-matter of Cham sculpture is drawn mostly from the legends and religion of Indian civilization.
  • Such sculptures may have served a religious purpose rather than being purely decorative.
  • Describe the Buddhist and Indian influences on Southeast Asian sculpture from 300 - 600 CE.

• Modern Sculpture

  • Rodin is credited with ushering in a new approach and subject matter to the creation of sculpture.
  • He is known for turning away from the idealized traditions of the Greeks and decorative beauty of the Baroque and Neo-Baroque movements, thereby departing with centuries of tradition.
  • Sculptural movements that developed as a result of Modernism include the following:
  • Many of Rodin's most well-known sculptures started as designs for this piece.
  • The Thinker is a bronze sculpture on marble pedestal by Auguste Rodin, whose first cast, of 1902.

• Abstract Sculpture

  • Departing from centuries of tradition, he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks and the decorative beauty of the Baroque and neo-Baroque movements.
  • During his period of Cubist innovation, Picasso revolutionized the art of sculpture by by combining disparate objects and materials into one sculptural work - the sculptural equivalent of collage in two dimensional art.
  • Involuntary sculpture is described by Surrealists as sculpture created by absent-mindedly manipulating something, such as rolling and unrolling a movie ticket, bending a paper clip etc.
  • Marcel Duchamp had a deep impact on the evolution of abstraction in sculpture.
  • These elegantly refined abstract forms became synonymous with 20th-century sculpture.

• Sculpture of the Aztecs

  • A unique and versatile form of sculpture was the carved mirror.
  • Obsidian mirrors in pre-Columbian times were fashioned from stone and served a number of uses, from decorative to spiritual.
  • Aztec mirrors were originally held in wooden frames and were decorated with perishable ornaments, such as feathers.
  • One of the most well known Aztec sculptures is the Calendar Stone.
  • This sculpture is currently held in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City.

• Romanesque Sculpture: Tomb of Rudolf of Swabia

  • The tomb of Rudolf of Swabia is a prime example of Romanesque sculpture.
  • Rudolf of Rheinfelden's tomb, located at the cathedral of Merseburg, is a fine example of Romanesque sculpture.
  • The material used to construct the tomb also reflects the high status of metalwork in Romanesque sculpture.
  • Metalwork, including decoration in enamel, became especially sophisticated during the 10th and 11th centuries.
  • The tomb of Rudolf of Swabia is exemplary of Romanesque sculpture.