Modern sculpture Appreciation

The middle of the 19th century, Rodin, led by the great masters of painting to an end to the tradition of sculpture, sculpture art entered a new era - the era of modern sculpture. The so-called "modern sculpture, the sculptor who attempt to get rid of the shackles of the classical tradition of sculpture, the pursuit of new ideas and new value, and continue to use a variety of novel manifestations. Science and nature in the Arts and Humanities in the tradition of critical and innovative pursuit of artistic expression and life documentary integration, diversification of its style, this art genre, collectively referred to as modernist. Modernist artists away from the rational, close to the sensibility, no longer follow the example of the natural, start from natural, harness natural themselves into natural.

Overall, modernist sculpture artists re perceptual and subjective inner spiritual expression feeling instead of observation, the use of integrated, abstract and other performance practices no longer arrest shaped objective existence, and strive to explore self-soul shaped, negative utilitarian art, that just means that the form of art. Modern sculpture is the inevitable development of traditional sculpture, but also a reflection of the spirit of modern society in the artist. During this period compared with the typical style: realism, constructivism, surrealism, pop art and installation art sculpture form.
1. Realism sculpture

Realism is an artistic trends of 19th-century imitation of academic, artistic creation and art realistic performance practices. Realism requirements the maternal and form of art to face reality, frankly requirements correctly, completely, faithfully depict the social environment of contemporary life, faithfully reproduce all the background of contemporary society.
Realism sculpture because of its vivid performance practices maintained a vibrant scene, even in the rise of modern art in the environment does not affect the realist sculpture in the form of development, compared with traditional stainless steel sculpture, modern realist sculptor in the spirit of the characteristics of the times changing the performance of methods, respect for tradition is not conservative change, but do not give up, in many cities, especially the presence of more solemn occasions, in public places, bronze statues and monuments are realistic sculpture.
Constructivist sculpture

The Constructivists, is a spread to the field of architecture, sculpture, painting and crafts and cultural trends. Constructivists, has been hailed as the art engineers, they praised the industrial civilization. Worship constitute methods and materials, industrial and mechanical structure the respected modern industrial materials such as plastic, steel, glass, and apply it to the art.
Constructivist sculpture combined asymmetric and irregular composition, the interpenetration abstract form greatly enriched space and projection effects, or the use of fixed metal color curved steel plates, or constitute a form of dynamic and suspension the sculpture intact into the modern public environment, such abstract sculpture of portfolio composition change over indoor and outdoor sculptures are solid, the memorial serious topics, greatly enriched the aesthetic imagination, promote a new visual image modern sculpture prosperity.