Internacionalni Univerzitet Travnik

Saobraajni Fakultet
Travnik

SCULPTURE
Portfolio

Mentor:

Student: Nedmina Delibai

Asistent: Aida Terzi

Broj indexa:S-16/13-I

Travnik, decembar 2014.

Sculpture (latin=shaping) is sinonim for art work. It's 3D from created in purpuse for
artistic expresion. Same as it has artistic purpose, aswell it has functional aspect and we can
call that created object sculpture only if work of art is dominant in that. When functional
and artistic work is balanced, then it is we can call it functional sculpture. One of the most
common purposes of sculpture is religion. For example Greece Mitology, where statues are
used to create shapes of Ancient Greek Gods, like statue of Zeus and similar. Ancient Greece
used sculptures very often and their shaping and skills of making them still is a role model.
Their variety of making sculptures itself like number of them and their significant purpose in
their belive has made status popular and spread across whole Europe.
But it's origin leads back even futher. Small sculptures as personal possession go back
to earlier prehistorical art, and use of large sculptures as public art which goal is to impress
the public with it, goes back to the Great Sphinx 4.500 years ago. Some undoubtedly
advanced cultures, such as the Indus Valley civilization, appear to have had no monumental
sculpture at all, though producing very sophisticated figurines and seals. Where Ancient
Egypt culture seems to have devoted enormous resources to create their significant and world
popular sculptures which persist even today. Thoose are large scale monuments. Compared to
Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome were giving more purpouse to Portrait sculptures
like we said before. There portrait sculptures were highest mark of honor. Portrait sculptures
began in Mesopotamia where rulers were mark of honor on their coins or 3D sculptures.
Animals are, with the human figure, the earliest subject for sculpture, and have always
been popular, sometimes realistic, but often imaginary monsters; in China animals and
monsters are almost the only traditional subjects for stone sculpture outside tombs and
temples. The kingdom of plants is important only in jewellery and decorative reliefs, but these
form almost all the large sculpture of Byzantine art and Islamic art, and are very important in
most Eurasian traditions.One form of sculpture found in many prehistoric cultures around the
world is specially enlarged versions of ordinary tools, weapons or vessels created in
impractical precious materials, for either some form of ceremonial use or display or as
offerings.The materials used in sculpture are diverse, changing throughout history. The classic
materials, with outstanding durability, are metal, especially bronze, stone and pottery, with
wood, bone and antler less durable but cheaper options. Precious materials such as gold,
silver, jade, and ivory are often used for small luxury works, and sometimes in larger ones, as
in chryselephantine statues.

Sculptures are often painted, but commonly lose their paint to time, or restorers. Many
different painting techniques have been used in making sculpture, including tempera, oil
painting, gilding, house paint, aerosol, enamel and sandblasting.

Glossary
undoubtedly- accepted as beyond question; undisputed
offerings- The act of making an offer.
antler- one of a pair of bony outgrowths on the heads of male deer.

Literatura

1. http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skulptura