Sculptures

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Sculpture is a visual art. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving and modelling in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, in modern times, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or moulding or casting.

Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. However, most ancient sculpture was brightly painted, and this has been lost.

Sculpture has been central in religious devotion in many cultures, and until recent centuries large sculptures, too expensive for private individuals to create, were usually an expression of religion or politics. Those cultures whose sculptures have survived in quantities include the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, India and China, as well as many in Central and South America and Africa.

The Western tradition of sculpture began in ancient Greece, and Greece is widely seen as producing great masterpieces in the classical period. During the Middle Ages, Gothic sculpture represented the agonies and passions of the Christian faith. The revival of classical models in the Renaissance produced famous sculptures such as Michelangelo's David. Modernist sculpture moved away from traditional processes and the emphasis on the depiction of the human body, with the making of constructed sculpture, and the presentation of found objects as finished art works.
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  1. As a visual form of art, sculpture primarily involves   aspects.
  2. Sculpture as an art has probably been in existence   .
  3. Stones, ceramic and wood are accessible materials for  
  4. Ancient sculptures often depicted   themes and or/subjects.
  5. It can be inferred that Ancient Greece   .
  6. As depicted in the arts, the early Christians suffered   .
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