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SCULPTURES

SCULPTURES
-has three dimesions (height,
width and depth)

-created by either carving,


modeling or assembling parts
together
KINDS OF SCULPTURE
1. Traditional
a. Free-standing
b. Relief
2. Contemporary
a. Assemblage
b. Kinetic Sculpture
c. Welded Sculptures
d. Use of glass
e. Symbolic Sculptures
Traditional Sculptures

Sculptures are traditionally


created by removing parts of the
material or by building up the
form through modeling.
Free-standing
-also called sculpture in the
round
-can independently stand in space
-has flat horizontal base
-all its sides contribute to the
overall form of sculpture
Oblation by Guillermo
Tolentino
Relief
-does not have a flat base
-is projected from a flat surface
-has two types
a. Low relief or bas-relief
which projects slightly
from the flat surface
b. High relief
Low Relief

High Relief
Sculpture in the Contemporary
Setting

During 60's and 70's, artist


began exploring use of different
materials and methods, forming
new types of sculpture in the
contemporary setting.
Assemblage
-formed by putting together
materials such as found objects,
pieces of paper, sponges, wood,
scraps, and other materials.
Assemblage Sculpture
Kinetic Sculpture
-considered as a sculpture in
motion because the entire
sculpture or some parts are
moving with the wind or are
vibrating with the surrounding
air
-a mobile is said to be simplest
form of a kinetic sculpture
Kinetic Sculpture
Welded Sculptures
-involves the process of
connecting sheets of metals
together by using an acetylene or
electric torch
Eduardo Castrillo
-most of his artworks are welded
sculptures
Welded Sculpture
Use of glass
Ramon Orlina
-used glass in the table pieces,
murals and sculptures which are
usually unified into a framework
Imelda Pilapil
-used glass planes with irregular
shapes and linear patterns
Glass Sculpture
Symbolic Sculptures
Interpretation of Abdulmari Imao on
Okir design
-Maranao design tradition that
is typically used in word craving
-Produced four contemporary
series of Okir
a. Sarimanok
b. Sari-mosque
c. Sari okir
d. Calligraphic sculptures
Okir
Design
Symbolic Sculpture
This graceful sculpture is of two
intertwined parts, each of them cut from an
ovoid, the symbol of life. 

The symbolism of the sculpture is that


the whole is more than the sum of its
parts

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