Than Pottery From Ancient Cultures, Though Conversely Traditions Of Sculpture In Wood May Have Vanished Almost Entirely. However, Most Ancient Sculpture Was Brightly Painted.
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.
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 Statue Of David.
A Distinction Between Sculpture "In The Round", Free-standing Sculpture Such As Statues, Not Attached Except Possibly At The Base To Any Other Surface, And The Various Types Of Relief, Which Are At Least Partly Attached To A Background Surface. Relief Is Often Classified By The Degree Of Projection From The Wall Into Low Or Bas-relief, High Relief, And Sometimes An Intermediate Mid-relief.