It Is One Of The Plastic Arts. Durable Sculptural Processes Originally Used Carving The Removal Of Material And Modelling The Addition Of Material, As Clay, In Stone, Metal, Ceramics, Wood.
Materials But, Since Modernism, There Has Been 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 Moulded Or Cast.Sculpture In Stone Survives Far Better Than Works Of Art In Perishable Materials, And Often Represents The Majority Of The Surviving Works Other.
But The Term Properly Covers Many Types Of Small Works In Three Dimensions Using The Same Techniques, Including Coins And Medals, Hardstone Carvings, A Term For Small Carvings In Stone That Can Take Detailed Work.
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 Artworks.
Environmental Art, Environmental Sculpture, Street Art Sculpture, Kinetic Sculpture Involving Aspects Of Physical Motion, Land Art, And Site-specific Art.