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Bronze Sculpture: When the outer envelope, or negative mold, was broken off, the sculpture was revealed as he had modeled it in wax except for projecting bronze sculpture rods and pouring channels which had to be cut down to the surface of the statue. This method, also used by the ancient Greeks and the Chinese, produces the finest quality of bronze sculpture casting; however, it is not always successful. Sometimes the bronze sculpture does not flow into all parts of the interior space, in which case the sculptor may have to repeat his work from the beginning.
Romanesque.—Romanesque sculpture exhibits the renewed vitality of Western culture in the llth and 12th centuries. A factor, highly favorable to its development, was that sculpture at this time was eminently useful. Nearly all Romanesque sculpture was for the embellishment of churches and sacred objects. It follows that most of it is in relief, be it in the stone of which the churches were built, or be it in the gold or bronze sculpture or wood of the object it adorned and gave meaning to.
Sculpture, like architecture, was not accorded due recognition by the Chinese. While we know the great painters, the sculptors are anonymous.The oldest specimens of Chinese sculpture were found in the Shang dynasty tombs at Anyang. The owl, tiger, and turtle are favorite motifs, and the human figure also appears occasionally. These marble pieces are in the round, some of them being architectural elements. Their surfaces are decorated with patterns like those found on the contemporary bronze sculptures. In decorative pattern, in basic concepts of form and mass, and in spirit, the sculpture and the bronze sculptures are one. bronze sculpture masks have also been found, some of the t'ao-t'ieh, some of human beings. They are often well modeled. |
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