Sculpture - Outline of Sculpture, Totem Pole, Atlas, Obelisk, Herma, Engraved Gem, Hardstone Carving, History of Sculpture, Studio Glass (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Outline of sculpture, Totem pole, Atlas, Obelisk, Herma, Engraved gem, Hardstone carving, History of sculpture, Studio glass, Brunswick Lion, Cloak of Conscience, Bismarck monuments, Monumental sculpture, Social sculpture, Combine painting, Pointing machine, Warka Vase, Architectural sculpture, George Washington, United Artists Rating, Khmer sculpture, Renewable energy sculpture, Statues of Gudea, Calvin Fletcher, Frisbee, Victor S. Blundon Monument, Site-specific art, Franconia Sculpture Park, Recumbent effigy, Ram in a Thicket, Cubist sculpture, Disappeared statues in Tehran, 2010, Knoll, Factory glass, Roderick Coyne, Michel Averseng, Masapan, Ascension, Moai kavakava, Abraham Lincoln, Soft sculpture, Sphere Within Sphere, Harlow Sculpture Town, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Alma Allen, Puteal, SAARC Fountain, Local color, Photo sculpture. Excerpt: Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials - typically stone such as marble - or metal, glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic") materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals. The term has been extended to works including sound, text and light. Found objects may be presented as sculptures. Materials may be worked by removal such as carving; or they may be assembled such as by welding, hardened such as by firing, or molded or cast. Surface decoration such as paint may be applied. Sculpture has been described as one of the plastic arts because it can involve the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated. Sculpture is an important form of public art. A collection of sculpture in a garden setting may be referred to as a sculpture garden. Some common forms of sculpture are: Statue - representationalist sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object S...