ART APPRECIATION

[M8S1-POWERPOINT]
SCULPTURE
 The art of making two- or
three-dimensional
representative or abstract
forms, especially by
carving stone or wood or
by casting metal or plaster.
1. To commemorate heroes and perpetuate the memory of men.
2. To depict the beauty of the corporeal world.

Saharan Cow Rock Carving

3. To symbolize the expression of the artist aesthetically.

UP Diliman Oblation
4. To preserve history by means of figures.

Cry of Balintawak in Vinzon's Hall of UP Diliman

5. To make a full tridimensional realization.

La Pieta
6. To serve as a source of income.

Ice Sculpture
Line – the path of
moving point
Shape
formed when the
ends of a line meet.
Color
– the way lighwaves are
absorbed or reflected by
everything around us.
Form –

three-dimensional
form.
Perspective
– point of
view.
Depth – thickness of the
sculpture.
Space – the area between,
around, above, below, or
within elements in a work of
art.
Stability – actual physical
stability compositional.
Free Standing
– unattached to a supporting
unit or background; standing
alone.
Low relief (bas-relief) –
A sculpture in which the
figures are raised a few
inches from a flat
background to give a
three-dimensional effect.
High relief (altorillievo)

– More than half the mass of

the sculpted figure projects
from the background.
Sunken relief
(cavo-relievo)

– A carving or other
type of relief that does
not project beyond the
flat surface on which it
is cut.
Bust relief – A sculpted or
cast representation of the
upper part of the human
figure.
Kinetic relief – Art from
any medium that contains
movement perceivable by the
viewer or depends on motion
for its effect.
1. Stone – An ancient
activity where pieces of
rough natural stone are
shaped by the controlled
removal of stone.
STONE
Limestone
Advantage: Easy to cut/shape
Disadvantage: Expensive
Granite
Advantage: Cheap
Disadvantage: Lead to yellowish or brownish staining
if touched for many times.
Marble
Advantage: Cheap
Disadvantage: Lead to yellowish or brownish staining
if touched for many times.
Marble Sculpture
“Extension”
By Dina Angel-Wing
Granite Sculpture

“General Ba”
By Zhang Yaxi
2. Metal – Bronze and
related copper alloys are
the oldest and still the
most popular metals for
cast metal sculptures.
METAL
Steel
Advantage: Very strong and flexible
Disadvantage: Heavy and Expensive
Bronze
Advantage: Durable and can be kept outside if properly
waxed once or twice a year
Disadvantage: Expensive
Copper
Advantage:
Disadvantage:
Bronze Sculpture
“Charles V, Holy Roman
Emperor”

By Leone Leoni

Copper Sculpture
By Erick Raft
Steel Sculpture
3. Clay – Sculpture
produced by molding.
Advantages / Disadvantages
• Cheap
• Easy to re-make
• Messy
• Easy to break
• Heavy
Advantages / Disadvantages
Oiled-Based Clay
Advantage:
Disadvantage: Expensive
Water-Based Clay
Advantage:
Disadvantage: The sculpture must have a cover to prevent
evaporation
Polymer Clay
Advantage: Can do fine and crisp detail
Disadvantage: Very messy
4. Wax
– A sculpture made using a
waxy substance.
Advantages / Disadvantages
• Easy to re-make
• Cheap
• Convenient
• Easy to break
• Not ideal for sculpting
• Requires Heat for sculpting
5. Wood – A form of working
wood by means of a cutting tool
(knife) in one hand or a chisel by
two hands or with one hand on a
chisel and one hand on a mallet,
resulting in a wooden figure or
figurine.
Advantages / Disadvantages
• Requires small area for carving
• Clean
• Patterns of nature
• Easy to break
• Not ideal for sculpting
Basswood Tupelo wood Sculpture
Sculpture “Great Horned Owl”
6. Glass
– Modern works of art, typically
one-off creations, which are
substantially or wholly made of
glass.
Advantages / Disadvantages
• Transparency
• Recyclable
• Very easy to break
• Annealing time
7. Ivory
– Ivory is by no means just
obtained from elephants; any
animal tooth or tusk used as a
material for carving may be
termed “ivory”.
Advantages / Disadvantages
• Soft
• Hard
• Ideal
• Animals will be killed for us to
have this
7. Plastic

– physical manipulation of a
plastic medium by molding or
modeling such as sculpture or
ceramics.
Advantages / Disadvantages
• Clear
• Recyclable
• Scratches
• Fragile
• Expensive
METHODS OF SCULPTURE

CARVING

– the act of using tools to

shape something from a
material by scraping
away portions of that
material.
MOLDING
– the process of manufacturing
by shaping liquid or pliable raw
material using a rigid frame
called a mold or matrix.
ASSEMBLAGE
– to put or fit together
CASTING
– a manufacturing
process by which a
liquid material is
usually poured into a
mold, which contains
a hollow cavity of the
desired shape, and
then allowed to
solidify.
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Development of Sculpture
PRE HISTORIC
SCULPTURES
VENUS OF
WILLENDORF
• 11.1-centimetre (4.4 in) high
• 28,000 and 25,000 BCE.
• 1908 near Willendorf, by Josef
Szombathy
• Naturhistorisches
Museum,Vienna, Austria
BÂTON DE
COMMANDEMENT
• Bâtons percés are made from a length
of antler with a round hole made in one end,
and often have abstract or animal designs
etched into them (such as horses).
• Found at Aurignacian
and Magdelanian
• Typical examples range from 6 to 8 inches (15
to 20 cm) in length
BISON WITH TURNED
HEAD
• Bison Licking Insect Bite
• found at Abri de la
Madeleine near Tursac in Dordogne, France,
the type-site of the Magdalenian culture
• 20,000 and 12,000 BP
• it was formerly in the Musee des Antiquites
Nationales, St. Germain-en-Laye, but has been
transferred to the expanded National Museum
of Prehistory in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-
Sireuil that opened in 2004
• Damme of Brassempouy
• VENUS OF BRASSEMPOUY
• Created 25,000 years ago
• 1892 Brassempouy, France
ANCIENT EAST
CHINA
• KUAN YIN
• Guanyin
• Guanyin is short
for Guanshiyin, which
means "Observing the
Sounds (or Cries) of
the World"
TERRACOTTA ARMY
• armies of Qin Shi Huang
• a form of funerary art buried with
the emperor in 210–209 BCE and
whose purpose was to protect the
emperor in his afterlife
• discovered in 1974
• by local farmers in Lintong
District,
Xi'an, Shaanxi province
 INDIA
India’s sculpture is primarily
religious in character and is
used to portray gods and
goddesses of India. It’s main
purpose is to reveal the divine
nature of the god and to
enhance the dignity of the
church.
(Siva “Lord of Dance”
(Chola Period))
BRAHMA
• Brahma is also known as
Vaagish
• the father of Manu
• from Manu all human beings
are descended
• referred to as the progenitor
or great grandsire of all human
beings
BUDDHA OF LAHORE
• found among the world’s finest
collection of Ghandhara Buddhist
Sculptures of Lahore Museum
• two feet high
• seated in lotus position
• practicing the extreme asceticism
to escape the pain of reincarnation
and to attain the Nirvana
 MESOPOTAMIA
Sumerian Art

Sumerian sculpture appeared in the

form of bas-reliefs found in the
walls of the palace of the king.

(Standard of Ur)
 AKKAD-BABYLONIAN ART
Sculpture became predominant form and reached its
peak of artistic development under the patronage of
the Akkad rulers.

( Temple of Abu, Tell Asmar)

 FIRST DYNASTY PERIOD
• Appears in the form of rock
(Statue of Sakhmet)
or wall cravings.
• Also appears in tombs of the
dead with the scenes from
the everyday life.
 - Characterized by very life-like statues.
- Used to create “tomb statues.”
Characteristics:
In dimension – Royal patronages are larger than
mortals
In facial features – Presented calm, grave and
emotionless face

Tomb Statues
 MIDDLE KINGDOM

• Statues became more personal

and individual in attitude and
features.
• Bodies were still rigid and
straight in posture.

(Pharaoh Mycerinus and his Queen)

NEW KINGDOM
• Statuaries and carved
figures on walls of the
tombs were humanized.

• For the first time, artists

depicted their subject in
natural position such as
walking, dancing, bending
backward or forward,
kneeling, etc.

•(Prince Rahotep and his wife Notret.)

STATUES
GREEK ART SCULPTURE
A. GEOMETRIC PERIOD
Greek art developed the geometric
formula for human and animal figures. It
is associated b y mythical “Daedalus of
Crete” – the first Greek Sculptor.

Kore of Auxerre or
Auxerre Goddess
B.ARCHAIC PERIOD
( Kouros and Kore, Kritios Boy )

During this period, the statues were

patterned after those of the Egyptians.
Impressed by statuaries of the
Egyptians, Greek artists strove to
produce life-like size statues of fine
white marble.
Kouros – Apollo
• 6th century BC, possibly from the years
530-520 BC
• Greece
• Archaeological Museum in Piraeus
• its significance must lie in only
distinguishing characteristics, namely, its
nudity, its youth, its beauty, its autonomy,
and its immutability: in other words, its
form.
B.CLASSICAL PERIOD Doryphoros

Goddess Demeter

Pallas Athena
DISCOBOLUS OF
MYRON
• 20th-century bronze cast from ancient Roman
marble copy of Greek bronze original by Myron
• 480-445 BC
• Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
• US $1500-3000/ Piece
• Discobolus. This famous work by the renowned
artist Mirone of the V century B.C. The artist
has caught the athlete in the culminating act of
throwing the disk, rendering his body in a
complicated torsion full of life.
• Origin: Museo Vaticano
PRAXITELES
• Born: Athens, Greece
• Children: Cephisodotus the Younger
• Praxiteles of Athens, the son of
Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most
renowned of the Attic sculptors of the
4th century BC. He was the first to
sculpt the nude female form in a life-
size statue.
VENUS DE MILO
• Between 130 – 100 B.C.
• Louvre Museum,Paris, France
• it is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love
and beauty (Venus to the Romans)
• The statue is named after the Greek island of Milos, where it
was discovered.
PHIDIAS
• Born: 480 BC
• Died: 430 BC
• who lived in the 5th century BC,
and is commonly regarded as one
of the greatest of all sculptors
of Classical Greece.
STATUE OF ZEUS
• Made around 435 BC
• It was regarded as one of
the Seven Wonder of the Ancient
World until its eventual loss and
destruction during the 5th century
AD.
• No copy of the statue has ever
been found, and details of its form
are known only from ancient
Greek descriptions and
representations on coins.
SCOPAS
• Born: 395 BC, Paros Greece
• Died: 350 BC
• Scopas or Skopas c. 395 BC-350 BC
was an Ancient Greek sculptor and
architect most famous for his statue of
Meleager, the copper statue of
"Aphrodite" and the head of goddess
Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius.
• His father was the sculptor Aristandros.
D.HELLENISTIC PERIOD
DYING GAUL
• Also called Dying Galatian
• 230 and 220 BC
• Attalus I of Pergamon
• to celebrate his victory over
the Galatians,
the Celtic or Gaulish people of
parts of Anatolia (modern Turkey)
HELLENISTIC

GAULISH CHIEFTAIN AND WIFE

• 220 B.C.
• The Gaulish chieftain stands, naked, to the right,
supporting his collapsing wife with his left hand as he
drives his sword into his chest with his right hand. His
wife lets out a dying gasp; her eyes begin to close.
The chieftain glances upwards with final defiance at
the approaching enemy. The sword's scabbard and the
Gallic oval shield lie at his feet. The sculptor was of
outstanding talent and skill -- the group captures the
pathos and drama of the moment.
ROMAN ART
SCULPTURE
AUGUSTUS OF PRIMA PORTA
• Artist: Unknown
• Vatican Museum, Rome
• 1st Century AD
• Augustus Caesar's wife, Livia
Drusilla, now known as Julia
Augusta, retired to the villa after
his death. The sculpture is now
displayed in the Braccio Nuovo of
the Vatican Museum.
• Equestrian Statue of
Marcus Aurelius
• Capitoline Museum
• The statue was erected in
175 AD.
• The overall theme is one
of power and divine
grandeur
ROMAN RELIEF
SCULPTURE
• (117-324 CE)
• The Column of Marcus
Aurelius.
(193 CE) Spiral relief
sculpture
on the Doric monument to
Emperor Marcus Aurelius,
modelled on Trajan's
Column.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD

Period of Persecution Period of Recognition

 •Is a box-like funeral receptacle for a

SARCOPHAGUS: corpse.
•The word "sarcophagus" comes from
the Greek word sarx meaning "flesh",
and phagein meaning "to eat"
•Most commonly carved in stone
•Known from the greek phrase "lithos
sarkophagos" means "flesh-eating stone"
•The word also came to refer to a
particular kind of limestone that was
thought to decompose the flesh of
corpses interred within it.
•Sarcophagi were originally called neb-
ankh by the ancient Egyptians, in what is
usually translated today as “lord of life”,
or “possessor of life”.
Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi
(Donatello)
• Florence, Italy
• 1386 – 1466
• apprentice to Ghiberti in
Florence
• He was the son of Nicolo di
Betto Bardi, a wool merchant
in Florence.
Artwork
• David (Donatello)
• Florence, Italy
• Museo Nazionale del
Bargello, Florence, Italy
• Made of bronze
• 1430–1440
Artist
Lorenzo Ghiberti
• Florence, Italy
• 1380 – 1445
• He was the son of a
goldsmith
Lorenzo Ghiberti: •1378 – 1 December 1455

•Nationality: Florentine

•Known for: Sculpture

•Notable works:Gates of Paradise, Florence

Baptistery

• born in Pelago, 20 km from Florence.

•Ghiberti first became famous when as a 23

year-old he won the 1401 competition for
the first set of bronze doors
artwork
• Gates of Paradise
• Florence, Italy
• Florence Baptistery or Battistero di San
Giovanni
• Made of gilded bronze
• the bronze doors’ famous narrative
reliefs of Old Testament subjects
• 1425-1452
Genesis

Part of the figure of Eve can be seen at the top of

this panel. Figures of Adam and Eve occupy the
topmost border.
 Cain and Abel

In the distance the brothers offer their sacrifices and somewhat nearer, Cain
slays Abel. In the middle ground Abel is seen with his dog watching his
flocks. In the foreground Cain ploughs and on the right receives God's curse.
 NOAH
Animals leaving the Ark;
In the foreground are Noah's
shame (his drunkenness) and on
the right his sacrifice.
Abraham
Angels announcing that Sarah
will bear a son; the Sacrifice
of Isaac
 Isaac
In the foreground are the women attending
the birth of Jacob and Esau, with Rebecca
in labour in the middle ground. Also in the
foreground are Isaac sending Esau on the
hunt and on the right Jacob receiving
Isaac's blessing, with a beautiful classical
Rebecca, the conspirator, standing nearby.
In the background Esau is seen in low relief
hunting and on the roof Rebecca is hearing
God's warning about the eventual conflict
between her two unborn sons.
Joseph
 Moses
Daughters of Israel; Receiving
the Law
 Joshua
Joshua on chariot
preceded by the ark of
the covenant; the
Carrying of the Stones;
the background with the
city of Jericho and the
priests with trumpets
 David
David is in the process of severing the
head of Goliath with his own large
sword. Part of the figure of Noah can
be seen at the lower border. (Noah
and his wife occupy the lowest
border).
Solomon
King Solomon
and Queen of
Sheba
• The word Renaissance, literally meaning
"Rebirth" in French
• Is usually considered to have begun in Italy in
the fourteenth century
 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
• Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the
High Renaissance

•Considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime

•Born: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March

1475) in Caprese near Arezzo, Republic of Florence (present-
day Tuscany, Italy)

•Died: 18 February 1564 (aged 88) in Rome, Papal States

(present-day Italy)

•Notable work: David, Pietà, The Last Judgment, Sistine

Chapel Ceiling

•Renaissance man, along with his fellow Italian Leonardo da

Vinci
 Pietà
•Year: 1498–1499

•Type: Marble

•Dimensions:174 cm × 195 cm (68.5 in ×

76.8 in)

•Location: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

•Is a world-famous work of Renaissance

sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti
 David
•Year: 1501–04

•Type: Marble statue

•Location: Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

•t is a 4.34-metre (14.2 ft), 5.17-metre (17.0 ft)
with the base [a] marble statue of a standing male
nude

•The statue represents the Biblical hero David

Donato di Niccolò di
Betto Bardi
•Also known as Donatello

•1386 – December 13, 1466

•Known for: Sculpture

•Notable work: St. George, David,

Equestrian Monument of
Gattamelata
Donatello’s Saint Mark
•Year: 1411–1413

•Type: Marble

•Dimensions: 236 cm (93 in)

•Location: Orsanmichele, Florence

•
•St. Mark was the first of his contributions

•Created most probably by two stone carvers named Perfetto

di Giovanni and Albizzo di Pietro

•Today, a copy of the statue stands in the original's place,

while the real St. Mark is housed inside the church's museum.
 BAROQUE ERA
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Background
• SPOUSE&CHILDREN: He is married to Caterina Tezio and with her
raised 11 children.
• BIRTH DATE: December 7, 1598
• DATE OF DEATH: He died on age of 81 on November 28, 1680
• EDUCATION:
• BIRTH PLACE: He was born in Naples in 1598
• ACHIEVEMENTS: The greatest sculptor of the 17th century
• STYLE: Cubism and Baroque
• TRIVIA: Bernini’s early works attracted the attention of Scipione
Cardinal Borghese, a member of the reigning papal family.
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
• DATE CREATED: 1652
• CURRENT LOCATION: Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria
della Vittoria, Rome, Italy
• PRICE: $120,000
• INTERPRETATION: The traditional interpretation of
Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is relatively
straightforward. The sculpture portrays the Saint's
overpowering sense of spiritual pleasure in serving
Christ.
• MEDIUM: METAL AND STONE
• TRIVIA: St. Theresa of Avila was a Spanish nun,
mystic and writer during the Counter-Reformation.
Apollo & Daphne
• DATE CREATED: 1625
• CURRENT LOCATION: Rome, Italy
• INTERPRETATION: the sun God, is in love with
Daphne and Cupid wounds him with a golden
arrow, while Daphne has declared herself
eternally chaste.
• MEDIUM: STONE
• TRIVIA: The genial sculptural masterpiece,
Apollo and Daphne, was the last of Bernini's
works commissioned by the Borghese family
and one of his most popular statues.
BIRTH
• Date: March 25, 1741
• Place: Versailles City
DEATH
• Date: July 15, 1828
• Age: 87
• Place: Paris
EDUCATION
• Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
• École royale des élèves protégés
CAREER
• Member of the Académie de peinture et de
sculpture (1771)
• Became a professor in 1778
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Houdon won the Prix de Rome in 1761
MOST REMARKABLE STYLE
• Known for his statues and portrait busts
TRIVIA
• He was the one who made the George
Washington Statue displayed in the Capitol
rotunda in Richmond.
FAMILY
• Spouse: Marie-Ange-Cecile Langlois
(July 1, 1786)
• Children: Sabine, Anne-Ange, and Claudine
 DENIS DIDEROT

DATE CREATED: 1771

PLACE OF CREATION: Russia

CURRENT LOCATION: Stroganov palace-museum in

Saint Petersburg

INTERPRETATION: The inquiring twist of the head

emphasizes another of Houdon's gifts of observation:
that character can be conveyed by the way the head is
held on the neck.

MEDIUM: Marble

TRIVIA: The pupils of the eyes are deeply cut, dark, and
extraordinarily impressive, and the mouth is open - an
effect Houdon did not often use again for busts of
adults but sometimes for children.
 VOLTAIRE

DATE CREATED: 1778

PLACE OF CREATION: Russia

CURRENT LOCATION: Stroganov palace-

museum in Saint Petersburg

PRICE: $1,885.00 = ₱83, 524.35

INTERPRETATION: One contemporary

description emphasizes its naturalistic,
domestic quality: "This is precisely the old
man of Ferney... shrouded in his dressing
gown, tired, ready for bed . . .“

MEDIUM: marble, bronze, plaster, and

terracotta

TRIVIA: This version, which is the simplest,

seems also the closest to life.
BIRTH
• Date: November 1, 1757
• Place: Possagno, Republic of Venice
DEATH
• Date: October 13, 1822
• Age: 64
• Place: Venice, Italy
EDUCATION
• Went to Southern Italy to study (1779)
CAREER
• He was appointed by Pope Pius VII as inspector general of
fine arts and antiquities for the Papal States.
• Became the director of the Academy of St. Luke in Rome
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Champion of neoclassicism in sculpture
MOST REMARKABLE STYLE
• His subject matter was most often taken from classical
mythology
• Famous for his marble sculptures of delicate nudes
TRIVIA
• He displayed a talent for sculpture while still very young
and by 1774 had established his own studio in Venice.
 CUPID AND PSYCH
DATE CREATED: 1787

PLACE OF CREATION: Rome, Italy

CURRENT LOCATION: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.

PRICE: $166 = ₱7,138

INTERPRETATION: It presents the moment when Cupid's kiss

revives his beloved from the death-like sleep into which she
fell after opening the vessel containing the elixir of beauty
that Aphrodite had her fetch from the realm of the dead.

MEDIUM: Marble

TRIVIA: There is a handle near one of Psyche’s feet as the

statue was meant to be able to be revolved on its base.
 THREE GRACES

DATE CREATED: 1814-1817

PLACE OF CREATION: Rome

CURRENT LOCATION: Victoria and Albert

Museum, London

PRICE: £500,000

INTERPRETATION: The three goddesses are shown

nude, huddled close together in embrace, their heads
almost touching in what many have referred to as an
“erotically charged” piece.

MEDIUM: marble

TRIVIA: Canova created two versions of The Three

Graces in the early 1800s.
• Romantic art is also distinctive for a number of typical themes,
including nature, historic nostalgia, and social struggle.
• Artists were guided by emotion.
• The aesthetic structure of a Romantic work is not predetermined, but
rather emerges naturally as the artist strives to capture particular
feelings.
BIRTH
• Date: May 11, 1827
• Place: Valenciennes, France
DEATH
• Date: October 12, 1875
• Age: 48
• Place: Courbevoie
EDUCATION
• École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts)
CAREER
• He established his own atelier in order to reproduce and
make work on a grander scale.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• He was awarded the chevalier of the Legion of Honour
MOST REMARKABLE STYLE
• Real life subjects - Classical tradition
• Baroque Style
TRIVIA
• He employed his brother as the sales manager and made a
calculated effort to produce work that would appeal to a
larger audience.
 UGOLINO AND HIS SONS
DATE CREATED: 1865-1867
PLACE OF CREATION: Rome

CURRENT LOCATION: Universal Exposition - Paris

INTERPRETATION: Derived from the passage in which

Dante describes the imprisonment in 1288 and
subsequent death by starvation of the Pisan count
Ugolino della Gherardesca and his offspring.

MEDIUM: Marble

TRIVIA: The Dance, commissioned for the Opera

Garnier, featuring several nude figures in a wild and
boisterous dance, criticized as an offense to common
decency
 THE DANCE

DATE CREATED: 1865-1869

PLACE OF CREATION: Rome

CURRENT LOCATION: Paris

INTERPRETATION: To convey the feeling of

movement. The leaping spirit dominates
the group, urging on the circle of
bacchantes, in unbalanced postures.

MEDIUM: Stone, plaster

TRIVIA: The Dance, commissioned for

the Opera Garnier, featuring several nude
figures in a wild and boisterous dance,
criticized as an offense to common
decency
BIRTH
• Date: August 2, 1834
• Place: Colmar, France
DEATH
• Date: October 4, 1904
• Age: 70
• Place: Paris
EDUCATION
• Architecture at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-
Arts
• Painting at Musée de la Vie Romantique
CAREER
• Bartholdi served in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870
as a squadron leader of the National Guard
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Received the rank of Commander of the Legion of
Honor
FAMILY
• Spouse: Jeanne-Emilie Baheux Puysieux
 STATUE OF LIBERTY

DATE CREATED: September 1875 –

October 28, 1886
PLACE OF CREATION: New York
Replica: Paris

CURRENT LOCATION: New York

INTERPRETATION: Joint gift of the

French and American people.

MEDIUM: Copper, Wrought iron, Steel

TRIVIA: It was rumored in France that

the face of the Statue of Liberty was
modeled after Bartholdi's mother.
: almost $250,000
Louis Ernest Barrias

“Alligator Hunters”
SCULPTURE
1900’s –
ABSTRACTION
Alberto Giacometti
Background
• SPOUSE&CHILDREN: He got married with Annette Arm.
• BIRTH DATE: October 10, 1901
• DATE OF DEATH: Jan. 11, 1966
• BIRTH PLACE: Borgonovo, Switzerland
• EDUCATION: He attended Ecole des Beaux-Arts for art studies
• ACHIEVEMENTS: His first important personal achievements were flat, slablike
sculptures, such as “Observing Head” (1927/28), which soon made him popular
among the Paris avant-garde.
• STYLE: Surrealist

1965, despite his failing health he

• TRIVIA: In

travelled to New York to attend an

exhibition of his works in the New York
Museum of Modern Art.
Man Pointing
• DATE CREATED: 1947
• CURRENT LOCATION: Tate Gallery
• PRICE: $20,8 million
• INTERPRETATION: The extreme
slenderness and blurred outlines of a
figure such as 'Man Pointing',
combined with its nevertheless vivid
human presence, tends to create a
feeling of distance.
• MEDIUM: Bronze
• TRIVIA: Giacometti's sculptures do
undeniably suggest a vision of human
beings as isolated, lonely creatures
suffering the anguish of existence in a
universe without any given meaning.
Walking Man 1
• DATE CREATED: 1960
• CURRENT LOCATION: Tate Gallery
• PRICE: $104.3 million
• INTERPRETATION: Alberto Giacometti
created a filiform and stylized figure,
whose limbs seem to stretch out
endlessly, as a symbol of the human
being. A combination both of strange
fragility and strong determination is
expressed in this unrealistic figure.
• MEDIUM: Bronze
• TRIVIA : Giacometti's Walking Man I is
one of the artist's most revealing
sculptures, as the work attempts to
integrate motion and time into a static
object.
Sculptures from year 2000
• Uses modern techniques
• More on realism
• Also used on architecture and structures
• Simple
• Abstract
Modernism David Smith, CUBI VI, (1963),
Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Gaston Lachaise, Floating Henry Moore, Reclining

Figure 1927, bronze, no. 5 Figure, 1951, Fitzwilliam
from an edition of 7,
Museum, Cambridge
National Gallery of Australia

Barbara Hepworth,
Monolith-
Empyrean, 1953
Woven Sculpture

• Uses organic
materials or green
materials
• plants, leaves, wires,
silk, clothes
 Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore
Born 30 July 1898
Castleford, Yorkshire, UK

31 August 1986 (aged 88)

Died
Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, UK
Family
Irina gave birth to their daughter, Mary Moore
Education Leeds, London

Known for sculpture, drawing, graphics, textiles

Notable work Reclining Figures, 1930s – 1980s

Movement Bronze Sculpture, Modernism

Awards OM CH FBA
FAMILY GROUP

• Moore's first large-scale commission after World

War II
• Created in 1950
• Located at Barclay School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
• Before the war, Moore had been approached by
educator Henry Morris, who was trying to reform
education with his concept of the Village College.
DRAPED RECLINING
WOMAN
• Moore's signature
form is a reclining
figure.
• 1957-58
• ("Die Liegende")
• Created in Stuttgart,
typical of his early
reclining figures
• Moore's exploration of
this form, under the
influence of the Toltec-
Mayan figure
Philippines under
Spanish Period
JOSÉ PROTASIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO
REALONDA
Born June 19, 1861
Calamba City, Laguna
December 30, 1896 (aged 35)
Died
Bagumbayan, Manila
Cause of death Execution by firing squad
Luneta Park, Manila,
Monuments Calamba, Laguna,
Daet, Camarines Norte
Other names Pepe
Ateneo Municipal de Manila, University of Santo Tomas,
Alma mater
Universidad Central de Madrid
Organization La Solidaridad, La Liga Filipina
Religion Roman Catholic
Spouse(s) Josephine Bracken (1896)
Children Francísco Rizal y Bracken (who died after birth)
Francisco Rizal Mercado (father)
Parent(s)
Teodora Alonso (mother)
TRIUMPH OF DEATH OVER LIFE
• also known as Scientia, is a clay sculpture made by José Rizal as a gift to his
friend Ferdinand Blumentritt.
• The statue depicts a young, nude woman with flowing hair, standing on a skull
while bearing a torch
• The woman symbolizes the ignorance of humankind during the Dark Ages of
history, while the torch she bears symbolizes the enlightenment science brings
to the world. The woman stands atop a skull, a symbol of death, to signify the
victory that humankind aims to achieve by conquering the bane of death
through scientific advancement. The original sculpture is now displayed at the
Rizal Shrine Museum at Fort Santiago in Intramuros, Manila. A large replica,
made of concrete, stands in front of Fernando Calderón Hall of the University
of the Philippines College of Medicine along Pedro Gil St. in Ermita, Manila.
Another replica is found outside the old Department of Health research facility
in Muntinlupa City and will be incorporated into the design of the ongoing
expansion of Festival Supermall.
The motif of the statue is also used by various medical associations in the
Philippines as their symbol, the most notable of which is the Philippine College of
Surgeons.
GUILLERMO ESTRELLA TOLENTINO
• Father of the Phillippine Arts
• Paz Raymundo,7 Children
• Born in July 24,1890.
• Died in 1932 42 years old
• Malolos bulacan
• Painting at school of fine arts in University of the
Philippines
• Ecole de Beaux Arts
• Regge instituto superior di belle arti de roma in Rome
• Made saluto Romano,won second prize,won the
design eand commissioning of the bonifacio
monument in 1930
• Unesco cultural award in sculpture in 1959
• Araw ng maynila award in sculpture in 1963
BONIFACIO MONUMENT
• Memorial monument
• Created in nov.30,1929
• Located at Grace park Caloocan City
• Height 28.5 meters (94ft)
• It symbolizes Filipinos cry for freedom located in
intersection of Edsa.Andres stands tall, willing to
fight for Filipinos freedom

Trivia:
Mt.Nagpatong, Mt.Buntis, Mt.Hulog
OBLATION
• Man facing Upward With arms Out
stretched
• It was created in 1935
• Located at the University of the
Philippines
• P2,000 cost were contribution of
students, officials,alumni,and employees
• This statue symbolizes selfless offering of
one self to his country.the dedication of
mans life for his country men

Trivia:virgilio Raymundo
NAPOLEON ISABELO VELOSO ABUEVA
• Father of modern Philippine sculpture
• He is married to cherry Abueva, and has three
children
• Born in January 26, 1930, died age of 85
• Born at tagbilaran, bohol
• Bachelor of arts in sculpture in the university of the
Philippines in 1953
• Master of fine arts in cranbrook academy
• He later took graduate units in ceramics at the
university of Kansas and art history at Harvard
university
• Received the national artist, received this
prestigious award at age of 46 and many more
awards
KAGANAPAN

• Female reproductive
• It was created in 1952
• Sculpted out of marble in 1952 when abueva
was still young student at UP, this sculpture
won the grand prize in the arts association of
the Philippines annual competition.
• With the dimension of 91.44 cms.
Being a mother is a great fulfillment to women.
All women must be treated properly.
 KISS OF JUDAS
• Solid block wit only hint of lines
• Created in 1955
• Located at metropolitan museum of
manila
• It define the forms, typical of
brancusi’s style
• It can be related to our life today. In
every move we make, Judas or the
bad presence are everywhere,
watching and following us.
2 Other Sculptors In the Philippines

Eduardo Vicente
Castrillo Manansala

Pinaglabanan Shrine
(1974) FEU Sculpture
 RAMON GAHOL ORLINA
• (27 January 1944) is a sculptor and an architect who
created sculptural form in glass as a medium.
• His artworks consist of glass murals, table sculptures
within an architectural setting. Arcanum XIX Paradise
Regained, the glass altar and overall sculptural
architectural design of the Greenbelt Chapel in Makati
City are some of his achievements. He has also done
public glass sculptures in Asian countries such as Fertile
Crescent in Singapore and A Touch of Glass in
Hongkong.
• Orlina also made the best entry in the 1982 AAP annual
competition, an award from AAP Photography
competition, and from the National Memorial of the
Philippines Competition.
Silvery Moon
1998
Winning Entry:
Toyamura International
Sculpture Biennial,
Japan
24.5 x 23.5 x 17 cm
Carved Schott Crystal