Lesson Plan

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OBJECTIVES
At the end of a 60-minute period the students are able to:
a. Define the types of sculpture
b. participate actively in activity of this subject matter

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SUBJECT MATTER
Topic:
Types of Sculpture
Reference: Wikipedia, http://www.slideshare.net/alestrellasanchez/types-of-sculptures-my-report
Materials: Laptop, Projector, Powerpoint Presentation

III.

PROCEDURE
a. Lesson Activity
Teachers Activity
Good afternoon class.
Please stand and let us pray.
(After prayer)
How are you today class?
Are you ready to listen for todays topic class?
b. Lesson Proper
Motivation
Today class we are going to discuss about the
types of sculpture.
Discussion
Relief or relievo rilievo, - is a sculptural
technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb
levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to
give the impression that the sculpted material
has been raised above the background plane.
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's
Heilbrunn Time line of Art History, Relief
sculpture is "sculpture that projects in vary
degrees from a two-dimensional background."
Relief sculpture is among the oldest forms of
sculpted art.
There are different degrees of relief...
First is Bas-relief or low relief. It has a very low
degree of relief from the base. - is a type of
sculpture that has less depth to the faces and
figures than they actually have, when measured
proportionately (to scale). This technique retains
the natural contours of the figures, and allows
the work to be viewed from many angles
without distortion of the figures themselves.

High Relief - is where in general more than half

Students Activity

the mass of the sculpted figure projects from the

background, indeed the most prominent
elements of the composition, especially heads
and limbs, are often completely undercut,
detaching them from the field. The parts of the
subject that are seen are normally depicted at
their full depth, unlike low relief where the
elements seen are "squashed" flatter. High-relief
thus uses essentially the same style and
techniques as free-standing sculpture, and in the
case of a single figure gives largely the same
view as a person standing directly in front of a
free-standing statue would have. All cultures
and periods in which large sculptures were
created used this technique in monumental
sculpture and architecture.

Sunk Relief - Sunk or sunken relief is largely

restricted to the art of Ancient Egypt where it is
very common, becoming after the Amarna
period of Ahkenaten the dominant type used, as
opposed to low relief. It had been used earlier,
but mainly for large reliefs on external walls,
and for hieroglyphs and cartouches. The image
is made by cutting the relief sculpture itself into
a flat surface. In a simpler form the images are
usually mostly linear in nature, like hieroglyphs,
but in most cases the figure itself is in low
relief, but set within a sunken area shaped round
the image, so that the relief never rises beyond
the original flat surface.

Counter Relief - Sunk relief technique is not to

be confused with "counter-relief" or intaglio as
seen on engraved gem seals where an image
is fully modeled in a "negative" manner. The
image goes into the surface, so that when
impressed on wax it gives an impression in
normal relief.

Small objects - Small-scale reliefs have been

carved in various materials, notably ivory,
wood, and wax. Reliefs are often found in
decorative arts such as ceramics and metalwork;
these are less often described as "reliefs" than as
"in relief".

Types of Sculpture
Free Standing Sculpture - also known as
sculpture in-the-round, likely represents the
form of sculpture most recognizable to modern
people. - is any work of sculpture which can be
viewed from any angle around the pedestal.
This kind of sculpture includes some of the
most famous works of sculpture throughout
time: the statuary works of the Greek, Roman,
Medieval and Classical eras, including
Michaelangelo's David.

Kinetic Sculpture - is free-standing sculpture

that moves, either by mechanical power or
under the power of wind or water. Fountains are
a form of kinetic sculpture, although in that
special case the sculpture is not powered by the
water but lives within the shapes and forms of
the water as it arcs over and through the air.

Assemblage Sculpture - Another more modern

form of sculpture is known as Assemblage
sculpture, which is sculpture pieced together
from found or scavenged items that have little
or no relationship to one another. Contemporary
Art Dialogue's website defines assemblage art
as "non- traditional sculpture, made from recombining found objects. Some of these objects
are junk from the streets." These piecedtogether bits of castoff debris are arranged in an
aesthetically pleasing shape to the artist and
then presented to its audiences to provoke
thought and reaction. Collages are a sort of twodimensional representation of assemblage
sculpture.

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Application
Divide your class into 5 groups. Let the class create their own sculpture and explain what kind of
relief and type of sculpture it is.

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Evaluation
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Is free-standing sculpture that moves, either by mechanical power or under the power of
wind or water.(Kinetic Sculpture)
Is sculpture pieced together from found or scavenged items that have little or no relationship
to one another. (Assemblage Sculpture)
Is a sculptural technique. (Relief)
Is where in general more than half the mass of the sculpted figure projects from the
background, indeed the most prominent elements of the composition, especially heads and
limbs, are often completely undercut, detaching them from the field. (High Relief)
A relief where an image is fully modeled in a "negative" manner. (Counter Relief)
Also known as sculpture in-the-round, likely represents the form of sculpture most
recognizable to modern people. - is any work of sculpture which can be viewed from any
angle around the pedestal.(Free Standing Sculpture)
Largely restricted to the art of Ancient Egypt where it is very common, becoming after the
Amarna period of Ahkenaten the dominant type used, as opposed to low relief. (Sunk Relief)
Reliefs have been carved in various materials, notably ivory, wood, and wax. (Small Objects)
The image goes into the surface, so that when impressed on wax it gives an impression in
normal relief.(Counter Relief)
It has a very low degree of relief from the base. - is a type of sculpture that has less depth to
the faces and figures than they actually have, when measured proportionately. (Bas Relief or
Low Relief)

Assignment
Research about Materials and Techniques that is use in Sculpture
Okay class if you are done copying your
assignment lets stand and lets all pray.
Thank you for listening and participating in
our class.
Good bye have a nice day to all.