Hey dear Hive friends, first of all I would like to wish you all a pleasant day and hope you generally have a great weekend! Today I would like to talk about art history and write something about sculpture and hope you can learn new things.
In the past, I have already dealt with the general history of sculpture and those who are interested in it will find the article here. In this article, I would like to specifically discuss this art form in different cultures and have some pictures of different works of art that I would like to present to you. Already in prehistoric times, sculptures were made and the first works were probably carved into stone, but there are only a few traditions from this time, but it is assumed that hunting trophies or spiritual works have often been made. The first cultures that gave sculpture a very own cut were the ancient Egyptians as well as Sumerians and at the same time sculpture was also developed in the Asian region. Religious thoughts were particularly formative for the ancient Egyptians and many sculptures made of alabaster or limestone were used to make life-size sculptures that decorated the temples or burial chambers as well as pyramids. Egyptian sculptors almost exclusively used pharaohs or other noble persons as motifs and were very well known for giving the works their very own elegance and making them look very authentic. Symbolism was also often integrated into the works and especially the facial expressions were expressed extremely well in the works and the changes of different epochs and dynasties were well expressed.
In Mesopotamia, sculpture was also of enormous importance, but due to the scarcity of raw materials not only stone was used, also often wood, clay or other materials. Gods were mostly chosen as a template and the figures were especially for the abstract appearance in which the facial expressions or facial expressions were changed and expressed in an interesting way. Even in ancient Mesopotamia, a lot of work was done with symbolism and often the figures had a warlike pose and stood in front of the buildings and were regarded as guards and also precious metals were used for creation. For whom sculpture has also achieved an important importance were the ancient Greeks who made particularly human figures and one of the most important tasks was to represent goddesses or gods who were usually placed near temples to honor their gods. In a stylish way, the Greeks also expressed social events and the emotions and facial expressions were also authentically expressed.
It can be said that Roman sculptors have used a lot from ancient Greece and changed it. Many ancient finds from the Roman period are even of Greek origin and Roman sculptors were particularly known for their portrait sculptures and through the natural forms of expression, the works have received their very own elegance. A lot of symbolism also flowed into the works and the expression of religious motifs was also of great importance in ancient Rome and also the Romanesque sculpture from the 11th century were strongly influenced by ancient Rome. The successor to the Romanesque was the Gothic sculptures and here the artists decoupled themselves more and more from certain standards and worked more and more freely and the works were given a lot of expression and the next important epoch that also influenced sculpture was the Renaissance. One of the biggest changes in the sculpture of the renaissance was that the focus was no longer on gods or nobles but on the human being and the works were given a certain freedom of movement and lightness and it was very well known for expressing nudity.
The next huge milestone was the baroque sculpture and here the works still had human expressions in the center and an important change was to express the movement, which turned out not to be so easy. One of the best-known sculptors of this era was Michelangelo (1475 - 1564), who has largely influenced sculpture through his very own style. A refinement of the sculpture took place during the Rococo, which is known as the late Baroque, and here the focus was on the ornamental effect that the works are supposed to produce. With the beginning of neoclassicism, sculpture turned back to the old ideals and the works became more classic and more noble were depicted again and in the 20th century, this art form became more and more playful and artists brought in more and more ideas and revolutionized this art form a lot in different ways. More and more materials were used and so rare materials were also used and the ideas became more and more abstract and unusual and to this day sculpture is of great popularity and is shaped by all epochs.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about art! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens and iPhone 12!
