Art Of Sculpture Research Articles

Traditions and Innovations in Chinese Contemporary Sculpture

After the Cultural Revolution, an unprecedented period of openness began in China. The gradual deepening of the Reform and Openness Policy created more opportunities for the development of contemporary Chinese sculpture. For "tradition", sculptors combine the form and content of traditional culture and sculpture, expressing the problems of modern life and human society, forming a rich creative thought and a broad creative outlook. Two art directions were formed. The first direction follows the creative method of sculptors who studied in France before the formation of the People's Republic of China, focusing on the study of the "language" of the actual sculptural art by combining the methods, forms and aesthetics of traditional Chinese sculpture. The second direction uses traditional Chinese culture and sculpture to carry out the "modern transformation". In this process, the form is subordinate to the content, and "tradition" appears in an artwork as a specific symbol through which the artist's opinion is expressed. The two creative directions have formed a symbiosis and co-prosperity at present. We can say that they both confirm the development of modern Chinese sculpture on the path of "nationalisation and localisation" over the past 40 years. At the same time, these two creative directions have brought a new climax to contemporary Chinese traditional sculpture and culture.

Improved revealing of hidden structures and defects for historic art sculptures using poisson image editing

Radiography is a non-destructive tool and offers the acquisition of detailed information on the internal features of sculptures as a cultural heritage. However, radiographs contain different levels of blurriness mainly caused by the detection of scattered X-rays. Reduction of image blurriness provides improved contrast in targeted areas which enhances the extraction of information from the selected regions and features of the radiographs. In this study, we applied a set of convolution methods to a group of radiographic images of historic sculptures. Radiographs of the objects were provided with the associated documentation from the collection of the Radiographic Inspection Laboratory of the Universitat Politècnica de València. The selection of the particular objects was based on the difference in the materials used in their construction i.e. the objects were made of wood, paper, or wax. The Poisson Image Editing (PIE) based on L 2 -norm was applied for image enhancement of digital radiography images. The results showed that the PIE method was effective in selective region enhancement of the radiographic image contrast enabling better visualization of the objects’ internal structures. The application of the implemented algorithm enabled the conservators and radiographers involved in the study to improve the visualization of the sculptures' internal features and defects enhance the defects’ evaluation.

MEMORI KETAKUTAN ANAK SEBAGAI SUMBER INSPIRASI KARYA SENI PATUNG

Violence from parents and violence from the immediate environment at the age of children causes them to become children who are easily afraid of sounds (Verbal), fear of physical violence (objects), and fear of the immediate environment. This final artwork project aims to create a sculpture art with the theme of the memory of a child's fear, which also explains the concept and process of creation and also the visual aesthetics of sculpture. The shape of the memory of children's fear is portrayed in the media of sculpture art with cast printing techniques. The creation of sculpture in this final project provides more insight into empirical experiences in creating works of art as well as the deepening of concepts in children's memory of fears.

The Influence of Contemporary Art Trend on Modernist Design

Art and design are homologous, and both permeate and influence each other. New thoughts and developments in the field of art will quickly penetrate and influence the field of design. Although in the early days of arts and crafts of representative John ru skin tried to painting, sculpture, and other art forms of "great art" and represents the design apart from the "art", but in the process of the development of modern art movement appeared in a series of design, such as modernism, post-modernism, contemporary art, etc., there is a art and design influence each other. This paper selects typical contemporary art schools and discusses their influence and significance on modernism with cases.

Study on the Artistic Characteristics of Ma’s Sugar Blowing Art in Hua County of Henan Province

Ma’s sugar blowing art in Huaxian County, Henan Province is a typical representative of sugar sculpture art in the 
 Central Plains. It is an important part of intangible cultural heritage and an indispensable part of local folk activities. In the long 
 process of historical development, such art truly expresses local folk customs and living habits and uses simple blowing, pulling, 
 kneading, and sculpture to create various themes. The creative content of the sugar blowing art is the animals and plants that can 
 be seen everywhere in life, which is closely related to the life of the working people.

Gary Radke. Review of "The Art of Sculpture in Fifteenth-Century Italy" by Amy R. Bloch and Daniel M. Zolli.

Gary Radke. Review of "The Art of Sculpture in Fifteenth-Century Italy" by Amy R. Bloch and Daniel M. Zolli.

Generating Virtual Wire Sculptural Art from 3D Models

Wire sculptures are objects sculpted by the use of wires. In this article, we propose practical methods to create 3D virtual wire sculptural art from a given 3D model. In contrast, most of the previous 3D wire art results are reconstructed from input 2D wire art images. Artists usually tend to design their wire art with a single wire if possible. If not possible, they try to create it with the least number of wires. To follow this general design trend, our proposed method generates 3D virtual wire art with the minimum number of continuous wire lines. To achieve this goal, we first adopt a greedy approach to extract important edges of a given 3D model. These extracted important edges become the basis for the subsequent lines to roughly represent the shape of the input model. Then, we connect them with the minimum number of continuous wire lines by the order obtained by optimally solving a traveling salesman problem with some constraints. Finally, we smooth the obtained 3D wires to simulate the real 3D wire results by artists. In addition, we also provide a user interface to control the winding of wires by their design preference. Finally, we experimentally show our 3D virtual wire results and evaluate these created results. As a result, the proposed method is computed effectively and interactively, and results are appealing and comparable to real 3D wire art work.

Application and Development of Digital Enhancement of Traditional Sculpture Art

Sculpture art, as an important carrier of spiritual civilization, also portrays a prosperous scene as an industry with urban and cultural development. Three-dimensional technology offers a new platform for sculpture creation, allowing for the digitization of sculpture works via electronic information technology, and the display of sculpture works in front of people via displays, facilitating the exchange and dissemination of information and promoting the growth and progress of the entire sculpture creation industry. We plan to use digital enhancement technology to conduct small-scale creation experiments on traditional sculpture works, discuss the method of GA (Genetic Algorithm) in image restoration processing, investigate the method of image segmentation processing based on the genetic algorithm, and propose the method of image segmentation processing based on the fuzzy membership surface genetic algorithm, in order to verify and solve the creation difficulties of traditional sculpture works.

The Interaction between Public Environmental Art Sculpture and Environment Based on the Analysis of Spatial Environment Characteristics

The interaction with the public and the coordinated change with the environment are more important in public environmental art sculpture. To be more accessible to the public, public environmental art sculptures should be integrated with the environment and interact with the public. Paying close attention to the scale and volume design of sculpture is one of the elements that embody and express the connotation of works, as well as one of the objects that sculpture, as a member of environmental elements, must study and analyze thoroughly. Based on this, this paper investigates the relationship between sculpture and environment in public environmental art through an examination of space environment characteristics, with the goal of creating a public space environment in which public art sculpture, the environment, and people are all in sync. The improved AFSA (artificial fish swarms algorithm) model is used to optimize the landscape ecological pattern. The landscape index can be predicted and analyzed more accurately using a dynamic model of landscape pattern from remote sensing and a geographic information system. Experiments show that this algorithm's prediction accuracy has significantly improved, providing a solid foundation for landscape ecological management and planning.

Striving for naturalness as one of the key trends in the field of modern wooden sculpture: domestic practice

The article is devoted to modern trends in the art of wooden sculpture. The main question we ask in this article is how to draw the line between art and craft. The problem of distinguishing between these two terms is one of the important issues in the theory of art. Having examined the work of a number of contemporary artists creating in the genre of wooden sculpture, we come to the conclusion that the key difference between handicraft and artistic wooden sculpture lies in the desire of artists for naturalness, working with raw wood, fixing the natural beauty of the material, which is not so typical for craftsmen. Turning to modern environmental trends, we assume that the task of a contemporary artist and a person who wants to live in harmony with nature is to learn to see its beauty in nature, to guess it even in unsightly forms. The author states that the greatness of nature lies in its diversity, and today, in the era of overproduction, including oversupply of pieces of art, our common task is increasingly reduced to working with objects found in the environment that undergo minimal processing and, first of all, turn, manifest the beauty of nature.

"My Sculpture, My Life": An iconographic study of the contemporary Ghanaian sculptor, Isaac Opoku-Mensah

There is little information on Contemporary Ghanaian artists in the form of literary presentations and documentation. Isaac Opoku-Mensah is one great personality whose contribution to the development of Ghanaian sculpture and the field of bust sculpture deserves to be recognized, celebrated, and studied. This is a biographic study that focuses on his profile and contributions to academia as well as his sculptural art technique. It looks at some of his creative works, the techniques he used, and his influence on his students and the next generation of sculptural artists. The qualitative research design was used to conduct an iconographic analysis of three specific sculptural pieces as part of an empirical artistic study. Research instruments such as in-depth interviews, observation, and photography were utilised to gather the required data for the study. The paper also appreciates Isaac Opoku-Mensah's sculptural pieces through Erwin Panofsky's iconographic analysis, which has three levels: pre-iconographical description, iconographical analysis, and iconological interpretation. The findings among others indicated that there were detailed interpretations of the busts of three murdered Judges, a cocoa farmer, and academic graduands which aimed at comprehending the images’ visual elements and performing a formal analysis of its physical manifestation, followed by an iconographic analysis in which the images were linked to a known story or recognizable character, and finally, an iconological analysis in which the meaning of the artefacts was determined in relation to its social, cultural, and historical contexts.

Influence of Digital Technology on Ideological and Political Education in Colleges and Universities under 5G Era

With the advancement of digital technology, new means and methods are being offered in education to enhance teaching-learning. The use of technology in educational interventions has a positive impact on the students’ functional, cognitive, and psychomotor skills. This study aims to improve the teaching mode of ideological and political education (IPE). The research work intends to enhance enthusiasm of college students for ideological and political course (IPC). Based on 5G technology, the rising virtual reality (VR) technology is proposed in this study to improve IPC in colleges and universities. To begin with, the background of IPE and VR technology is introduced. Next, the current college students’ attitudes toward IPE and VR technology are investigated by a questionnaire survey. Finally, based on the red hero culture, the VR system for IPE is designed. Results of the evaluation show that the students who have been the members of the Communist Party have the highest degree of interest for IPC in colleges and universities. Endorsing the fact, about 29.7% college students and 26.81% university students who were members of the communist youth league favored for IPC, while only 14.29% of the masses showed interest for IPC. As a whole, 25.2% of all the students participated in the survey showed their interest for IPC. One of the main reasons behind the results is the teaching mode and means that attract students for IPC. At present, 84.11% of the ideological and political teachers give a lecture of IPC via PPT, while 67.29% of the students prefer the Internet platform as a means of IPC. About 73.4% of the students know VR and are interested in the application of VR to IPC. They believe that VR can help them understand the knowledge of IPC and has broad prospects in improving the teaching quality of IPE. The designed VR system for IPE which is used in colleges and universities has four modules, namely, the preamble module of graphic history, the hero wall module, the hero art sculpture module, and the scene experience module. This system can help realize the objective of IPE in colleges and universities and provides a reference for the application of VR in enhancing IPE.

Makna Simbolik Pratima Hyang Ratu di Pura Dadia Se-Desa Adat Kerobokan Kabupaten Badung

The existence of Hindus in the world cannot be separated from the use of media or symbols to worship God, one of which is pratima (in Balinese it is called pretima). Pratima Hyang and Ratu, when viewed from the history of the development of the art of sculpture, the paired statues (husband and wife) can be suspected as the embodiment of the spirits of the kings as rulers of the region, while Pratima Hyang can be suspected as the oracle of Hyang Widhi'sbecause the prestigepralingga used is in the form of an ox that can be used as an ox. identified with the prebhawa Hyang Widhi, namely Dewa Iswara riding a white ox. This research using descriptive qualitative methods. The approach used in this research is the approach Exfost facto. The theory used in this research is a symbol theory. This type of data and research are primary data and secondary data. The symbolic meanings of pratima Hyang and Ratu include: a) the meaning of holiness, meaning that by worshiping and honoring pratima Hyang and Ratu in the temple, it is expected to awaken and maintain the sanctity of the hearts of the worshipers; b) the meaning of the leadership of pratima Ratu with the title Ratu means to lead, it is hoped that the worshipers of pratima and the temple concerned are able to lead their deities in an effort to strengthen and increase srada bhakti to the gods and ancestors; c) the meaning of harmony and unity means that through the existence of pratima Hyang and Ratu, it can grow, awaken, and strengthen the spirit of harmony of the people who carry the pratima and the temple concerned. 

The image of the hero in sculptural art

The image of the hero in sculptural art

Tantrik Türk Budizmi’nde Cinsel Kucaklaşma Sembolü Yab Yum Üzerine

As a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, which emerged from Tibet in the VIIth century AD and spread to neighboring and distant geographies from Tibet, is a branch of Buddhism that aims to enlightenment through meditation and magic. It is also known as Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism or Esoteric Buddhism, which aims to purify the person through various methods in the state of meditation with teaching techniques such as mantra, dhāraṇī, maṇḍala and mudrā. Tibetan Buddhism, which steered the tradition of XIVth century Central Asian Buddhism, visualized various rituals with both various depictions and painting and sculpture art, and especially reflected this sexual symbolism such as sexual intercourse and sexual embrace in the personality of female gods, female Buddhas, female Bodhisattvas and protective Deities (yidams). The Sexual Embrace, a product of Tantric Sex symbolism, is described by the Tibetan term yab yum. This term describes the embrace of Buddha-Mother and Buddha-Father as the primordial union of wisdom and compassion. Sexual Embrace, which is also seen in Buddhist Uyghurs, is understood by the use of the words ög qaŋ, ög t(ä)ŋri qızı, quč- and qučmaq in the descriptions in the texts of Berliner Turfantexte VII and Berliner Turfantexte XXXVI. Accordingly, in the first part of this study, which consists of two parts, the religious value of the Tibetan yab yum expression is shown in detail by including the opinions of various researchers, the appearance of the Tibetan yab yum form in Buddhist Uyghurs, which is theoretically informed, is discussed in the second part and responds to this sexual symbolism. The narrations are tried to be shown iconographically with pictures.

Analysis of the Line Expression in Chinese Ceramic Sculpture

The research on line expression in Chinese ceramic sculpture art has a rich form of expression since ancient times. With the progress of The Times and the development of industry, the use of line in ceramic sculpture has added new form and significance. Ceramic sculpture art as a kind of art form of sculpture art, its expression form, the expression of line is also an important part. This paper will be based on the sequence of time development and the performance of lines in ceramic sculpture.

РОСЛИННА ОБРАЗНІСТЬ В ЕСТЕТИЦІ КУЛЬТОВИХ ПРАКТИК ВІРМЕНСЬКОЇ АПОСТОЛЬСЬКОЇ ЦЕРКВИ

The article is devoted to the study of plant imagery as an important aesthetic-semantic component of the cult practices of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The Armenian Apostolic Church is not only a unique, ancient institution among the circle of Christian churches, but also represents an original cultural world, manifested in a cult rich in its theological content and artistic form, that's why it deserves to be present in the religious studies, aesthetic, cultural, historical research discourses. Using textological, semiotic and phenomenological methods, the authors analyze the implicit content of individual plant images of the cult space of the church. Various elements of the Armenian sacred art were used to reveal the foundations of the dogma, which ensured the formation of an original the-aesthetics. Armenian sacral art formed the aesthetic world of imagery of the Christian religion. The organic inclusion of plant imagery in the general Christian picture of the world, reflected in the artistic representations of the art of sacral sculpture and church poetry, the inspiration of which was the biblical and early Christian imagery, which symbolic interpretations deepened the understanding of the evangelical truths and constituted the original aesthetic world of the Armenian national culture was proved. In the article, the authors pay attention to the study of plant imagery in cult practices, in particular with the example of monumental khachkars, liturgical texts of the shakarans dedicated to the Holy Virgin and the Christian saints, which are especially popular among the Armenian people, first of all St. Gregory the Illuminator. Thus, the plant imagery occupies an important place in the temple cult practices of the Armenian Apostolic Church, as well as in the aesthetic sphere of the Armenian national culture and ethno-consciousness.

РЕСТАВРАЦІЯ БІЛОКАМ’ЯНОЇ СКУЛЬПТУРИ НЕПОРОЧНОГО ЗАЧАТТЯ МАТЕРІ БОЖОЇ З СЕЛА ТЕТЕВЧИЦІ, ЧЕРВОНОГРАДСЬКОГО РАЙОНУ, ЛЬВІВСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ

The article analyzes the history of creation, stylistics and plastic solution and development of the technology of restoration of the white stone sculpture of The Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God in the village of Tetevchytsi of Chervonohrad district, Lviv region. Remarkable works of limestone were created of limestone in Galicia during the XII – XX centuries. Unfortunately, monuments of sacral art suffered major damage in the second half of the XX century due to acts of vandalism committed by followers of the communist regime ideology in Russia. They are responsible for the destruction of churches, cathedrals and synagogues. The monuments of sculptural art were destroyed as well. The rethinking of the sacral heritage and activation of restoration processes began only after the restoration of Ukraine's independence. Hence, the issue of restoration of the sculpture of The Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God in the village of Tetevchytsi is currently of great interest and complex scientific research is the basis for the success of the planned work. The sculpture was placed on the pediment over the entrance of the parish church in the village of Tetevchytsi. Before the restoration the monument was in poor condition and the head of Holy Mother was missing. Older residents of the village say that an unknown soldier intentionally shot it off during the Second World War. The bullet, which was found in the wall of the church behind the Virgin, is the evidence that this story is true. After studying the general concept of restoration the program was developed and approved: to carry out photo fixation of the state of the monument before restoration, to conduct the analysis and processing of the cartogram of losses, to determine the sequence of stone conservation works, to carry out cleaning of stone using dry method with the help of brushes, to carry out cleaning of the sculpture using the method of sandblasting, to clean it from cement layering, to perform extraction of salts, to perform structural strengthening of stone with silicon-organic matter, to restore the lost elements of the folds of clothing with mineral restoration solution, to make a head out of plasticine on the basis of analogues and make a plaster form, to reconstruct it from artificial stone, to glue the head with epoxy resins and anchor made of stainless wire, to strengthen the structure of the stone with silicon-organic matter; to cover the sculpture with a biocidal solution of long-term action; to perform glazing of the sculpture, to perform hydrophobization of the sculpture with silicon-organic solution, to make recommendations on storage conditions and compliance with the protection of the monument. The significant role in the restoration of the head played the use of analogues of sculptures from the cemeteries of the surrounding villages. As a result of comparative analysis, it was found that the stylistic solution of the sculpture corresponds to the techniques typical of the 1930s. This is confirmed by the preserved sculptural compositions in Tetevchytsi and surrounding villages. Most likely, the author of the restored monument was a representative of a craft school of this region. Compatible materials of Ukrainian and German production are used in the restoration works, which meet the principles of reversibility. It is recommended to return the monument to its place after the restoration.

Telo atlete u vajarstvu antičke Grčke u funkciji prenošenja i kultivisanja nasleđenog

This paper discusses the body of an athlete (sport), ancient Greek sculpture (history of art), digital environment (digital devices - new technologies) and sports marketing (new information systems in business) thus enabling support to different approaches to the system of knowledge in each of the given disciplines. The interdisciplinary (pluralistic) approach opens a possibility to expand not only knowledge, but the scientific awareness as well. The subject of the paper focuses on the phenomenon of the 'permanent record' of sculptures whose theme refers to the events related to an athlete's body in the period of Ancient Greece. Owing to its values, the contents of these masterpieces have had a beneficial effect as they influenced the art of each subsequent period of civilization and are preserved for the future. In the course of a more detailed research and analysis of the history of heritage, new knowledge has been gained that can contribute to the general benefit of the society that we live in. In the digital world, 3D computer animation takes up a very important place within the mass and popular media thus becoming not only the guardian of the heritage of ancient Greece sculptural art depicting the bodies of athletes, but also one of the integral parts of today's general culture, which is mostly used in the promotion of marketing in sports. It is thought that this paper can be inspiring for others in generating new original ideas towards further research.

Micro Nanoengraving Technology and Aesthetic Practice of Architectural Sculpture Art

Micro nanotechnology refers to the emerging technology of material production using a single atomic or molecular structure. The structure and size of materials range from one to 100 microns or nanometers. In this paper, micro nanotechnology is used to study the aesthetic practice of sculpture technology and architectural sculpture art. This paper aims to combine traditional art ideas with science and technology to promote common development. This paper first introduces the micro nanoengraving technology and architectural sculpture art, it includes the definition of works, classification of works, and research on artistic commonalities and differences, and then summarizes the characteristics of micro nanoengraving materials. Finally, this paper will carry out aesthetic practice of sculpture works based on micro nanocreation. Finally, this paper compares with the works created by traditional technology. The results show that the recognition and creativity evaluation of sculpture works based on micro nanocreation have reached more than 8 points. It verifies the effectiveness of the technology.