Korbel Foundation College, Inc.

Purok Spring, Brgy. Morales, City of Koronadal

Tel Number 877-2051/0228-1996

The Development of Sculpture

Subject-Code: Hum1
Subject-Descriptive Title: Art Appreciation

Prepared by:
Jenny Vie E. Bade, LPT

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 Learning Objectives
At the end of the discussion the
student must :
To be able to show the
01
progress of sculpture from
prehistoric times to the
modern times; and

02 To be able to present selected

illustrations that are
characteristics of a certain
historical period.
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 Pre-historic Sculpture
Pre-historic sculpture
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consisted of rude forms

carved in stones and
woods. These figures and
images were created to
commemorate heroines and
perpetuate the memory of
men.
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 Periods of Egyptian Sculpture
1. First Dynasty period= the Content
sun, moon, stars, and sacred
animals were common subjects of sculpture in this period.
2. Old Kingdom Period= the portrait sculpture was
emphasized.
3. Middle Kingdom period= faces of statues made during
this period depicted individual moods but their bodies were
still rigid and straight in posture.
4. New Kingdom period= Figures of this period were like-life
and vigorous looking.

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 Periods of Greek Sculpture
1. Daedalic period= marble was the heavily used as material.
Nude male statues were usually produced.
2. Classical Age= this was the Golden Age or Age of Pericles
in Greece.
Male figures were always naked; women figures were fully
draped.
3. Late Greek period= male and female figures were shown
with very little or no clothing at all.
An example of prehistoric Greek sculpture is the famous
Venus de Milo
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 Pre-historic
Content Roman
Sculpture= portrayed famous
men and women in bust
forms.
The personalities were
presented as if in real life,
including their individual
imperfections.
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 Classification of Byzantine Sculpture
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1. Early Byzantine Sculpture= during this
period, no statues can be seen in churches
and basilicas only symbols or signs as
mosaic.

2. Later Byzantine Sculpture= in this period

statues replaced mosaic symbols and signs.

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 Romanesque Sculpture
Content

It gave prominence to
Biblical characters and
human figures as subjects.

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 Gothic Sculpture
Content
Gothic statues of
human figure were given
a natural and life-like
look, both in bodies and
facial expressions.

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 Periods of Renaissance Sculpture
1. Early Renaissance Sculpture=
Content great and
detailed attention was given to anatomical
shapes, proportions, and perspectives to
indicate a more scientific attitude towards art.
2. Middle Renaissance Sculpture= by the end of
the 15th century, sculpture became more secular
than religious.
3. Later Part of the Renaissance= the subject
matters of sculpture were legends and myths of
Greece and Rome.
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 Baroque Sculpture
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It depicted the beauty of art and stressed on the

expression of emotion.

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 19 Century Sculpture
th

Schools in this Period

1. Neo-classical Schools= depicted perfect human
anatomy endowed with a calm, reflective look.

2. Romantic Realistic Schools= depicted realistic

figures with psychological attitudes of the French
revolution.

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 20th Century Sculpture
It was mainly concerned with the human body.
1. Pablo Picasso the Father of Abstract Sculpture and Julio Gonzalez
advocated a generation of plastic shapes through geometric organization
of the human body.
2. Henry Moore and his associates depicted anxiety and terror in their
sculpture.
3. Alberto Giacometric carved a figure endowed with either action or
feeling by using thinned-out matter rising upward in empty space-the
expression of being lost in infinite nothingness.
4. in 1910, a sculpture of geometric shapes emerged. This led to a new
tool in sculpture-the blow torch. Through the presentation of marred and
tangled shapes, contemporary sculpture showed fear and terror.

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 Highlight Summary
Pre historic sculpture consisted of rude forms carved in stones and woods.
Egyptian sculpture
Periods
1. First Dynasty period= the sun, moon, stars, and sacred animals were common
subjects of sculpture in this period.
2. Old Kingdom Period= the portrait sculpture was emphasized.
3. Middle Kingdom period= faces of statues made during this period depicted
individual moods but their bodies were still rigid and straight in posture.
4. New Kingdom period= Figures of this period were like-life and vigorous
looking.
Greek Sculpture
Periods
1. Daedalic period
2. Classical Age
3. Late Greek period
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Romanesque Sculpture
It gave prominence to Biblical characters and human figures as subjects.
Gothic Sculpture
Gothic statues of human figure were given a natural and life-like look, both in bodies and facial
expressions.
Renaissance Sculpture
Periods
1. Early Renaissance Sculpture
2. Middle Renaissance Sculpture
3. Later Part of the Renaissance
Baroque Sculpture
It depicted the beauty of art and stressed on the expression of emotion.
19th Century Sculpture
Schools in this Period
1. Neo-classical Schools= depicted perfect human anatomy endowed with a calm, reflective look.
2. Romantic Realistic Schools= depicted realistic figures with psychological attitudes of the French
revolution.
20th Century Sculpture
It was mainly concerned with the human body.

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Roman Sculpture
Pre-historic Roman Sculpture= portrayed famous men and women in bust forms.
The personalities were presented as if in real life, including their individual
imperfections.
Byzantine Sculpture
Classification
1. Early Byzantine Sculpture= during this period, no statues can be seen in
churches and basilicas only symbols or signs as mosaic.
For example, fish symbolized Christ; hand protruding from the clouds symbolized
God.
2. Later Byzantine Sculpture= in this period statues replaced mosaic symbols and
signs.

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1. It depicted the beauty of art and stressed on the expression of emotion.
a. Romanesque b. Gothic c. Baroque
2. The sun, moon, stars and sacred animals were common subjects of
sculpture in this period.
a. Old Kingdom b. Middle Kingdom c. First Dynasty
3. During this period, statues replaced mosaic symbols and signs.
a. Early Byzantine b. Later Byzantine c. Middle Byzantine
4. This was the golden age or Age of Pericles in Greece.
a. Daedalic b. Classical c. Later Greek
5. It gave prominence to Biblical characters and human figures as subjects.
a. Romanesque b. Gothic c. Baroque
 

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