Bronze sculptures are the result of an ancient sculpting technique known as bronze casting. The Chinese and the Greeks were the first to be a master of this craft. Then it was later adopted in the Renaissance era and is also widely known this day.
There are only a few Greek sculptures that were preserved because [...]
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The first materials used for sculpting are wood and stone and as this craft progresses metal has also come into play. It may not be the best material to work with but for the sake of art, sculptors are willing to work with anything as long as they can express their artistry in it.
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Wood sculptures are created through the process called wood carving. There are different styles of carving a wood such as chip carving, relief carving, Scandinavian flat-plane, caricature carving, love spoon, treen and whittling. Each style of wood carving results to different kinds of wood sculptures.
A certain kind of technique must be applied to a certain [...]
Jul
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Animal sculptures are one of the favorites among homeowners especially animal lovers. You can see life-size sculptures displayed on either their living room or bedroom. Some would also have their pets copied as a sculpture.
Animal sculptures are often seen in gardens or the outdoors. It adds a realistic feel of the outdoors and if you [...]
Jul
23
Garden sculptures dates back to the Roman Empire. The garden is the place where they usually worship that is why statues of their gods were placed here. But as they are being Christianized, the statues were regarded as non-religious which is why they were removed. But during the rennaisance period, it was brought back again [...]