A Comparative Study on the Material Application of Traditional Sculpture and Contemporary Sculpture

摘要

Sculpture belongs to one of the art expression form, in the process of long-term development, it has formed a relatively perfect development system. It is also advancing with the times in the application of materials. The traditional sculpture is relatively simple in the use of materials, more emphasis are put on narrative in the art artistic modeling, pay attention to highlight the body aesthetics, hidden materials, while contemporary sculpture is different from it, more emphasis are put on the return of artistic language and materials, beyond the artistic narrative. To a certain extent, the material is the most important factor in the composition of sculpture, belongs to the material premise and the basic elements, the use of comprehensive materials liberate the artist's ideas to a great extent, more able to express the free personality of the creator, so that promoting the art of sculpture becoming the main art form of expressing ideas. This paper focuses on the comparative study of the use of traditional sculpture and contemporary sculpture materials, and further elaborates the important basis of material selection. From the analysis of physical level, sculpture is a three-dimensional space objects, and from the spiritual level, it belongs to the artist's concept, as well as substantive spiritual beliefs. Sculpture use the clearest way to effectively present the spirit concept of the author. Material is an important component of sculpture, belongs to its language form of expression, reflecting the level of use of sculpture art material in the value. In this paper made a comparative analysis on the application of materials of traditional sculpture and contemporary sculpture, and explored the importance of material selection, and then promote relative people could apply material to the creative process of sculpture more clearly and rationally.