The Art of Sculpting By Johjoh Oh
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culpture is an art that stands proudly side-by-side with other expressive forms like painting and photography to convey the emotions and yearnings of humankind. The human body has been one of its favorite subjects to recreate. Sculpting the Human Body Ideas, representations, and obsessions about the human body have been depicted by sculpting artists throughout the centuries. These sculptors were and are ardent observers of the human anatomy as they see it on the surface. The concepts of symmetry, balance, harmony, and movement are conveyed through these human body sculptures according to the impression of the artists. These pieces of art, chiseled in various materials like clay, wood, marble, bronze, steel, concrete, and many others are either executed in realistic, life-like form or in abstract depictions. It is quite important that these artists are keen observers of the distinctive differences between the male and female anatomy because
they uniquely and elaborately sculpt their separate uniqueness into their sculptures. Well-Known Sculptors and Their Works There are several prominent names in the sculpting world, but here are some prominent artists worth mentioning because of their trailblazing work: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Michelangelo dominated art in the European enclave for centuries until Picasso made an impact. He was not only a sculptor but a painter and an architect. Michelangelo is the typical artist who is temperamental, moody, and melancholic. You won’t expect what his emotion is next. He had an obsession with the male human body form, which he conveyed as his expression of human beauty, sensibility, and spirituality. He also portrayed the male physique as the ultimate standard for all things: perfect symmetry, muscular, confident, and near divine and godly. But he also made works of art that portrayed the flaws, imperfections and weaknesses of the human image. He
ArtDiction | 20| July/August 2020
