Traditional Sculpture Research Articles

Sculpture Training Before the Development of Digital Sculpture and Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Comparison of Some Sculpture Undergraduate Programs in Vietnam and the USA

This article analyzes the impact of digital technology and AI on traditional sculpture, emphasizing the need to update Sculpture training programs in Fine Arts Universities in Vietnam. Based on survey data on the awareness of experts about the influence of AI in the field of sculpture and on the results of comparing the Sculpture training programs of domestic and foreign training schools in the Sculpture industry. The author has outlined training objectives, developed output standards, and created a knowledge system to equip learners with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed for modern job roles.

The Evolution of Indian Sculptural Traditions: Interweaving Art, Culture, and Contemporary Practices

Indian sculptural art has historically been intertwined with various artistic forms, such as music, dance, and painting, creating a distinct narrative that has shaped the country's cultural identity. Among these, religious idol-making holds a significant role in reflecting societal values, spiritual beliefs, and artistic expression. Over centuries, idol-making techniques have evolved while adhering to traditional aesthetic and religious principles. This paper explores the evolving traditions of Indian sculpture, with a particular focus on Rajasthani stone sculptures, and examines how modern Indian sculptors are adapting ancient practices to contemporary sensibilities. The research adopts a qualitative approach, employing historical analysis and interpretative methods. Archival materials, such as ancient texts and scholarly commentaries, are used to trace the continuity and transformation of traditional sculptural practices. Fieldwork conducted in Rajasthan, specifically in Jaipur and Alwar, documents the current state of traditional sculpture workshops. Interviews with contemporary sculptors provide insights into the adaptation of traditional techniques to modern artistic trends, while secondary literature on art history situates these changes within a broader cultural and religious context. Results indicate that religious idol-making continues to be a central form of artistic expression in Indian culture, with Rajasthani sculptors preserving traditional methods while incorporating modern materials and techniques. Proportions, aesthetic purity, and spiritual symbolism remain key components of traditional idol-making, influencing contemporary works. However, modern sculptors are expanding their themes to include social, political, and philosophical concepts, reflecting the changing socio-political landscape of India. In conclusion, Indian sculptural traditions have shown resilience and adaptability, balancing cultural heritage with modern innovation. This study highlights the evolving nature of Indian sculpture, particularly in Rajasthan, as artists continue to redefine their craft in response to contemporary cultural shifts.

Traditional and Modern Marble Stone Sculptures of Rajasthan: A Comparative Study

Introduction: The evolution of marble sculpture in Rajasthan reflects the rich cultural, religious, and artistic heritage of the region. Traditional sculptures, primarily created for temples, focused on religious symbolism, depicting deities, mythological figures, and animals. These sculptures were crafted using ancient tools and techniques, emphasizing uniformity and spiritual significance. In contrast, modern sculptures explore abstract themes, reflecting contemporary issues, emotions, and social life. Research Methods: The study involved site visits to various sculptural locations across Rajasthan, including Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Makrana, to observe and analyze both traditional and modern sculptures. The focus was on materials, tools, design principles, economic significance, and national and international demand. Interviews with sculptors and artisans provided insight into evolving practices and the creative processes behind the works. Results: Traditional sculptures are characterized by their adherence to religious themes and precise sculptural techniques, with high-quality marble being the primary material. Artists used chisels and hammers, focusing on proportion and symbolism. Modern sculptures, however, incorporate a variety of materials, such as terracotta, bronze, and iron, and use advanced tools. These pieces focus more on individual creativity and are often abstract or decorative, serving non-religious purposes. Discussion: While traditional sculptures preserve India's religious and cultural legacy, modern sculptures introduce greater artistic freedom, exploring contemporary themes and personal expression. Both forms have distinct identities, yet they share a common foundation, reflecting the dynamic evolution of sculptures in Rajasthan. Conclusion: Marble sculptures in Rajasthan continue to thrive by balancing tradition with modern innovation, ensuring their enduring relevance in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Application of Depth Convolution Virtual Reality (VR) in Traditional Sculpture Design under Digital Modeling

Virtual reality technology continues to be used in other technical fields, art forms are becoming more and more abundant. Virtual reality technology provides convenience for art creation. The combination of art and technology can become a new art form, digital art, and has become a trend of art development. The earliest sculpture art in the art field is no exception, and has also blended with the virtual reality technology. Because the artistic presentation of traditional sculpture art is a relatively complex materialization process, the thinking presentation and creation process of sculpture art need to go through a series of processes to complete the final sculpture works of art; This makes sculpture art more complex and more difficult to operate than other arts when using virtual reality technology. If virtual reality technology wants to integrate perfectly with sculpture art, it needs to combine the process of sculpture art and provide different digital technology methods in different links. This document uses linear combination to solve two level problems, which is a very effective adaptive algorithm. The empirical results show that the improved fusion algorithm can re analyze the importance of the positive process in the rapid development of virtual reality technology, and the rapid development of virtual reality technology is crucial to shaping the value of this theme. Compared with traditional methods, the accuracy of this experiment is increased by 13.4%, and compared with the algorithm TIN, the time complexity and space complexity are 97% and 54% lower respectively.

Integration of Digital Sculpture and Ecological Art: Innovative Application of 3D Modeling Technology

Abstract It is the trend of the times that digital technology is involved in various professional fields and promotes the integration and development of specialties. Digital sculpture technology, as a kind of new technology means in digital technology, has changed the process and means of sculpture specialty, and has become an important part of ecological art. Digital sculpture has the characteristics of virtuality, interactivity, and digitalization. Compared with traditional sculpture, digital sculpture is virtual in material, novel in structure, and advanced in aesthetics. The article also analyzes the concept and characteristics of ecological art, showing its awareness of environmental protection and respect for natural beauty in artistic creation. The integration of digital sculpture and ecological art is based on three-dimensional modeling technology, which is mainly reflected in the exploration of virtual materials, interactive simulation of the environment, and the dissemination of environmental awareness. Through the case study of cloud and glass bottle horse, this paper shows the practical application and potential value of the integration of digital art and ecological art and emphasizes the important role of this integration in promoting artistic innovation and enhancing public awareness of environmental protection.

Sculpture skills – exploring the combination of traditional craftsmanship and modern technology

This paper explores the combination of traditional sculpture techniques and modern technology. As a cultural heritage, traditional sculpture techniques have profound historical and artistic value, while modern technology has brought new creative tools and expressions to sculpture. Through a comparative analysis of the application of traditional sculpture techniques and modern technology in the field of sculpture, this paper aims to reveal the complementary relationship between the two and explore their future development trends. It also explores the possibility and practical application of the combination of traditional sculpture techniques and modern technology and analyzes the impact of the combination of different materials, processes, and technologies on sculpture creation. Through the analysis of specific cases, the innovation path and development prospects of traditional techniques and modern technology in the field of sculpture are revealed. As an art form with a long history, sculpture has rich forms and techniques in different cultures. With the advancement of science and technology, modern technology has played an increasingly important role in sculpture creation. How to combine traditional crafts with modern technology has become an important topic for the innovation of contemporary sculpture art.

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Social Capital and Innovation as Competitive Advantage of Creative Industry in Boosting Market Share

This study aims to determine social capital and innovation in increasing competitive advantage to achieve marketing performance in the traditional sculpture industry in Indonesia. The quantitative method with the population in this study is a sculpture entrepreneur in Gianyar and a sample of 130 entrepreneurs. The analysis technique uses SEM-PLS 3.0. The results of the study show that social capital and continuous innovation have a positive and significant effect on competitive advantage, social capital has a non-significant positive effect on marketing performance, innovation has an insignificant positive effect on marketing performance, competitive advantage has a significant positive effect on marketing performance, competitive advantage fully mediates social capital.

3D Reconstruction of Chinese Traditional Sculpture based on Artificial Intelligence Drawing

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Interoperability Analysis between Traditional Chinese Sculpture and Painting Modeling from the Perspective of Big Data Management

Chinese traditional sculpture and painting have strong interoperability in terms of patterns, colors, and lines. Chinese sculpture and painting art are traditional Chinese works of art. The art of painting is often the basis for sculptural art. A good sculptural work of art often requires the pattern and color foundation of the painting. Moreover, Chinese traditional sculpture artworks often reflect certain historical information and humanistic spirit. Traditional artificial methods are often difficult to discover the intercommunication between cultural information between Chinese sculpture and painting. For the interoperability between sculpture and painting artworks, artists only rely on professional knowledge and aesthetic ability to discover some interoperability in patterns, colors, and lines, which is insufficient for understanding Chinese sculpture and painting. This study designs a novel hybrid CNN-LSTM method to study the interoperability of Chinese sculptures and paintings in terms of patterns, colors, lines, and cultural information. CNN can extract patterns, colors, and line features of Chinese paintings and sculptures. The cultural characteristics of Chinese sculptures have obvious temporal characteristics, which can be mined by LSTM technology. The research results show that the hybrid CNN-LSTM method has good feasibility and accuracy in studying the interoperability of traditional Chinese sculpture and painting. In terms of average error, the largest error is only 3.03% and this part of the error comes from the prediction of Chinese sculpture and painting cultural information. All other features of traditional sculpture and painting are predicted to be within 3%. For the prediction of color features, the error is only 1.13%. Prediction errors for patterns, colors, and lines are within acceptable limits.

Traditional Ceramic Sculpture Feature Recognition Based on the Machine Learning Algorithm

Aiming at the problems of low recognition accuracy, high line noise, and high time cost of feature recognition in traditional ceramic sculpture modeling feature recognition methods, this paper designed a traditional ceramic sculpture modeling feature recognition method based on the machine learning algorithm. By constructing the sparse representation model of a traditional ceramic sculpture image, the posterior probability of a traditional ceramic sculpture image was determined and Gaussian distribution of pixels in the image was carried out to determine the distribution law of pixels in the image and the super-resolution reconstruction of the traditional ceramic sculpture image was realized. The feature of the line state of a traditional ceramic sculpture image was determined and classified by the kernel classification method. Finally, the machine learning algorithm red BP neural network is introduced to construct the traditional ceramic sculpture modeling feature recognition algorithm and the error threshold is constantly iterated to realize the traditional ceramic sculpture modeling feature recognition. The experimental results show that the recognition algorithm designed in this paper has high accuracy in identifying the traditional ceramic sculpture features, can effectively suppress the line noise, and has a short recognition time overhead, which has a certain feasibility.

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.

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.

Ikere-Ekiti in Art and Cultural Narratives

Ikere, a city in Ekiti State of southwestern Nigeria, comes up often in the literature of art history on two principal accounts: first, its art and architecture, and second, its major annual fesitval. These are the two central concerns of this paper. In the first part, the unique architecture of the afin and the traditional sculptures that were its central feature present the opportunity to examine the interconnectedness of continuity and change, tradition and modernity, and the centrality of art in the Oba's quest for political pre-eminence. Ikere came to in­ternational attention through the vlrtuoslc sculptures of one of Africa's master carvers--Olowe (ca. 1873-1938), who lived in Ise-Ekiti, a town about 15 miles east of Ikere. In addition to offering new insights into the relevance of Olowe to Ikere, this essay posits a re-examination of the birth year of Olowe. In the sec­ond part, this essay dissects the Olosunta festival, which remains central to the collective identity of a people who subscribe to different religious doctrines. The early history of Ikere acknowledges the city as a site for the simultaneous reign of two rulers, the Ogoga and the Olukere. But it is the annual celebration of the Olosunta festival that serves as the rallying point for the indigenes of the city at the same time that it provides a time-honored structure for handling potentially explosive cultural and political contestations.

The Meaning and Historical Value of Gorga in Batak Toba’s Traditional House

This study aims to understand the historical value, meaning and function of the ornament in the Batak Toba traditional house which was reviewed with a Semiotic Study. The method used in this research is descriptive method. Descriptive method can be interpreted as a problem-solving procedure that is investigated by describing / describing the state of the object / research subject (a person, institution, community, etc.) at the present time based on the facts that appear as they are. The results of field research show that ornaments have a very influential relationship with the social life of the Batak Toba people, where these ornaments are used as guidelines to assess an action taken by one person against another or serve as material for living a harmonious life. This can be seen from the understanding that is revealed in the field where the meanings that appear are closely related to the actions that are often carried out by the community. The conclusion of this study is that Gorga or traditional sculptures which are usually found on the outer walls of houses and the front of traditional houses or also called ornaments that contain mystical elements that repel reinforcements and have philosophical values of Batak culture. The output of this research will be published in an international journal indexed by sinta.

Research on the Design of Art Landscape Sculpture based on Computer Aided

The traditional sculptures are all from the artist’s careful carving, which is also the artistic presentation. With the rapid development of computer technology, digital technology has been applied to art landscape sculpture. Through RPM technology and 3D printing technology, we can rapidly shape and mass produce art landscape sculpture. Through computer aided technology, RPM technology and 3D printing technology, we can save the labor cost and mold opening cost of traditional sculpture, which shortens the production cycle and improves the precision and structure of sculpture. At the same time, we can also develop personalized sculpture, which has seriously impacted the traditional sculpture industry. Computer aided design is in line with the digital age of new technical concepts, which has become the main means of landscape sculpture creation. Through computer software, designers can complete the virtual sculpture design intention and intention. Through the generation of VR, manufacturers can better communicate with customers, which makes up for the shortcomings of traditional sculpture in construction. Firstly, this paper analyzes the related concepts. Then, this paper puts forward the necessity of applying computer aided technology to modern landscape sculpture. Finally, some applications are proposed.

Sculpture and New Technologies in Scientific Educational Outreach: 3D Foraminiferal Models as a Referent of Ocean Acidification and Climate Change

The Foraminifera Project is a collaboration between researchers of the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Geological Sciences at the Complutense University (UCM, Madrid, Spain). The work, based on scientific dissemination through art, is framed in the theme “Climate change and Ocean Acidification'' as part of the course “Art, Science and Nature” of the Master's Degree in Research in Art and Creation (Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM). The team used recent sediment samples from Indian Ocean and Red Sea that contained healthy and unhealthy foraminifera specimens to create 3D specimen models. These models were made using traditional sculpture techniques, photogrammetry, and 3D printing to show different states of foraminifera dissolution and corrosion from ocean acidification. The end result of this project resulted in nine interactive pieces which were part of the exhibition “Drift & Migrate'' open to the public during the month of November 2019 in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts (UCM). The 3D models of foraminifera were displayed with educational graphics and blind-accesible explanatory signage (Braille) to share the scientific facts of foraminifera and their role in the ocean ecosystem. The main objective of the collaboration is to raise awareness of anthropogenic effects on foraminifera and the marine ecosystems in general and to expand research opportunities between the arts and sciences at the university.

Talking about the Application of Computer Reverse Engineering Concept in Sculpture Practice

In the field of modern sculpture manufacturing, the process of processing and designing complex sculptures is very complicated. Moreover, if technicians want to replicate complex sculptures, traditional sculpture methods will not work. In order to better analyze the sculptural methods of forming sculptures and the methods to replicate them, scholars have proposed the integration of computer reverse engineering concepts. In the actual sculpture practice, reverse engineering technology can make up for the shortcomings of positive design. With perfect reverse engineering technology, technicians can use computers to reconstruct complex sculptures and improve models. It is for this reason that scholars have invested a lot of time and energy on the basis of the combination of reverse engineering and sculpture practice.

Application Research of 3D Digital Technology in Sculpture Creation

This paper analyzes the concept of 3D digital technology first and the characteristics of traditional sculpture creation forms, then expounds the main points that should be paid attention to in the application of 3D digital technology in sculpture creation, and finally makes an in-depth analysis of the advantages of introducing 3D digital technology into sculpture creation, including the improvement of creative thinking and efficiency, unlimited creative space and the ability to convert different creative techniques in the creative process. Based on the development status of sculpture creation in China, this paper explores the application of 3D digital technology in sculpture creation.

Qualitative Analysis of Making Traditional Costumes, Weaving Crafts and Wood Sculptures - The Cultural identity of Kalash Valley

Qualitative Analysis of Making Traditional Costumes, Weaving Crafts and Wood Sculptures - The Cultural identity of Kalash Valley