HUM 145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Auguste Rodin, Urban Design, Phidias
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The work resulting from this process is also called sculpture, and whoever practices it, sculptor. Creating a sculpture can involve a diverse number of techniques, ranging from chiselling to casting to molding. In addition, this art houses a repertoire of trends, possible materials and contrasting aesthetics. Therefore, there are realistic or hyper-realistic sculptures of human figures, but also abstract works. Sculptures occupy an important place in urban design and architecture, as well as in interior and exterior decoration. The emblematic figures of a society or culture, real or imagined, are usually made to endure over time, represented in this way. Sculpture is present in the imaginary of humanity. Numerous classic or ancestral stories speak of the possibility of creating human figures from inert materials and then giving them life. Some speak of human magic, such as the hebrew golem. Others explain human creation as a work of sculpture by god or the gods.
