Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since modernism, shifts in sculptural process led to an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or molded, or cast.

Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. However, most ancient sculpture was brightly painted, and this has been lost.

Sculpture has been central in religious devotion in many cultures, and until recent centuries large sculptures, too expensive for private individuals to create, were usually an expression of religion or politics. Those cultures whose sculptures have survived in quantities include the cultures of the Ancient Mediterranean, India and China, as well as many in South America and Africa.

Sculpture (magazine)

Sculpture is an art magazine, published in Washington, D.C., by the International Sculpture Center. It is indexed in The Art Index and the Bibliography of the History of Art.

History and operations

The magazine was founded by David Furchgott, with the first issue published in 1987.

It is partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Sculpture (disambiguation)

Sculpture is the art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, or a work of art created by sculpting.

Sculpture may also refer to:

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