Sculpture

Subject Outline

AThe art of sculpture
- 1Elements of design and principles of composition
- 2The iconography of sculpture
- 3Materials of sculpture; e.g., stone, wood, metal, clay, ivory, plaster, concrete, glass fibre, wax, paper
- 4Tools, methods, and techniques of sculpture; e.g., carving, modeling, casting and molding, surface finishing
BThe diverse kinds of sculpture
- 1Kinds of sculpture distinguished by their spatial context; e.g., sculpture in the round, relief sculpture, kinetic sculpture, environmental sculpture
- 2Kinds of sculpture distinguished by subject matter
  - aRepresentational sculpture; e.g., human figures, devotional images and objects, portraits, still lifes, animal figures
  - bNonrepresentational sculpture
  - cDecorative sculpture
- 3Kinds of sculpture distinguished by their special uses or functions
  - aCeremonial and ritualistic objects
  - bCoins and medals
  - cCommemorative sculpture; e.g., monuments, tombs, tombstones, stelae [see also 626.A.5.b.]
  - dMasks
- 4Primitive and folk sculpture
CThe history of sculpture
- 1Western sculpture