2. A Subtractive Sculpture is created
when an artist REMOVES material.
An example of this type of art is a
marble sculpture or a sculpture
carved from wood.
3.
4. An ADDITIVE sculpture is when an artist ADDS material. An example of this would
be a clay sculpture or an assemblage.
5. A RELIEF sculpture is a type
of sculpture that is only
seen from the front. There
are TWO types of relief
sculptures.
High
and
Low
6. The Egyptians made many Low-Relief
Sculptures. They created scuptures
in order to tell stories.
7. Relief sculpture was important to ancient Egyptian
traditions. They would use relief sculpture to decorate
the walls of the tombs, temples and other important
structures. They believed that decorating the tomb of a
dead person with relief sculptures ensured a happy
afterlife.
8. Artists carved relief sculptures inside temple walls. These
sculptures were believed to have magical powers that helped
in performing important religious ceremonies.
9. Here is a relief sculpture of Anubis, the jackal-headed god associated with
mummification and the afterlife.
11. You will be carving a low-relief, subtractive
sculpture from a piece of drywall. It will be based
on Egyptian Art. The requirements are:
• You must have a border
• You must create at least THREE levels of depth.
• You must create DIMENSION and the ILLUSION of
FORM.
• You must mix your own colors and have a color
scheme.
• You must create gradations.
