Amazing world of Statues and Sculptures Well, the greatest form of fine art, humankind could have ever known is unarguably the visual art of sculpting, be it statues and sculptures, carved wood, Greek statues and art sculptures. It is perhaps the most enduring one as well. Sculpting is a key indicator of cultural attainments and it is believed to have greatly influenced the developments of the Renaissance art. Art sculptures and Roman Sculptures have been the principal form of driving force of European civilization. It is still evolving even today, and is the leading method of expressing history. It can be safely presumed that sculptures are one of the best forms of fine art ! The sculpture is that stream of visual arts that is three dimensional. Original sculpting used carving and modeling in metal or stone or even wood. Modern sculpting, however, allows the use of a variety of materials. However, it is no rocket science that sculpture in stone survives for a much longer time than others. Stone sculptures and roman sculptures are the best and earliest form of monumental sculptures .Wood carving is the oldest and perhaps the most continuous form of sculpting. It is very suited for small works. It is believed to be widely practiced during the prehistoric age. So what can be an abstract sculpture? Abstract sculpture is often defined as a sensual expression of mind and heart.It never promotes the accuracy as we see or feel in the real world.
There are two types of abstract sculpture: Representational sculptures: They are a derivative of some object or existing forms. Non-representational structures: These are completely derived from the artist's mind, pure imagination. Abstract sculptures are not made by people who are like you and me. They are born out of human defiance and human error. But they are subjected to judgment for creativity in front of humans like us. Sculptures that were keenly associated with fabrics too had their fair share of importance! Fabric art was often associated with the sculptors as both had common paradigm of working! Ancient Greek Sculptures, especially the monumental ones were composed of bronze or marble. Cast bronze was the most popular medium used in the majority of the works by the time the Greek civilization reached the late 5th Century. You could imagine the importance of sculptures by the fact that they were decorated with diamonds and rare form of handcrafted jewelry! Roman sculptures in their earlier stage were very highly influenced by Greece. From early on they started producing sculptures in reliefs, resulting in the magnificent Roman triumphal columns, which had a continuous series of reliefs. A number of books and novels have been published that have a great depth of information on the best monuments around the world!