1. Sculpture Please take notes and make thumbnails in your sketchbook
You will need to reference this information later

2. Olmec
In 1862, while drilling for oil in the modern Mexican state of Tabasco, a startling discovery was made. Buried beneath the jungle floor was a Colossal Stone head! Exhibiting african features, the head fell into none of the artistic styles of the known civilizations of Mexico.
This discovery shocked the world. There was evidence of an ancient civilization, one that pre-dated the mighty Mayan, Incan and Aztec civilizations! The Olmecs are now considered the "mother-culture" of Mexico.

3. The colossal heads are commanding portraits of individual Olmec rulers, and the large symbol displayed on the 'helmet' of each colossal head appears to be an identification motif for that person.
Colossal heads glorified the rulers while they were alive, and commemorated them as revered ancestors after their death

4. Sukhothai walking Buddha (Thailand)
(1243)

5. Easter Island Heads (Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile)

6. Mayan
Chacmool 9th-13th century. 37”high. Chichen Itza, Mexico

7. Senufo, Ivory Coast Wood, Height: 93 cm
Sculptures of this kind were carved to commemorate an
honoured hunter for his ardent courage and strength.

8. Egyptian Art Ritual Figure Dynasty 12, c. 1920-1880 B. C
Egyptian Art Ritual Figure Dynasty 12, c B.C. Gessoed and painted wood Height: 22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm)

9. Egyptian Art Queen Hatshepsut Dynasty 18, c. 1473-1458 B. C
Egyptian Art Queen Hatshepsut Dynasty 18, c B.C. Painted indurated limestone Height: 76 3/4 in. (194.9 cm)

10. Greek Art Discobolos c. 450 BC Roman marble copy after the bronze original by Myron height 155 cm (61 in)

11. Roman Relief portrait of the emperor Lucius Verus, ca. 166–170;
Antonine, Marble
Roman
Portrait head of the Emperor Augustus

12. Greek Art The "Agamemnon" Mask Gold, from Tomb V at Mycenae Sixteenth century BC

13. African Art: FANG Mask Gabon Painted wood 18 7/8 in. (48 cm) high

14. African Art: KOTA Reliquary Figure Gabon Wood, copper, and brass 26 3/4 in. (68 cm) high

15. Hawaii Totems
Native American

17. Henry Moore
English Abstract Sculptor,

24. “Heads are the most expressive part of the human being.”
-Henry Moore

29. During WWII, Moore lived in England
During WWII, Moore lived in England. During British Bomb raids many citizens found shelter in the subways. Henry made many sketches of the huddled masses of people and used them as a basis for some of his sculptures.

30. Alberto Giacometti
Walking Man (Homme qui Marche) 1960 (bronze, 190 x 27 x 110 cm),

31. Man Walking (24 x 31 paper)

33. Umberto Boccioni
                                                        
Unique Forms in the Continuity of Space (1913) Bronze (1264 x 890 x 406), Private Collection, Rome

34. Edgar Degas
Dancer Putting on her Stocking, bronze (The Minneapolis Institute of Arts)

36. AUGUSTE RODIN
THE GREAT THINKER                                      
Bronze  - Height cm. 183 ( 72 ")

37. DANCE MOVEMENT A                                      
Bronze  - Height cm. 64,5 (25 2/8 ")

38. BURGHER ANDREUS DE ANDRES                                      
Bronze  - Height cm. 43 ( 17 ")

39. Constantin Brancusi
The Kiss (1916)

40. Assignment:
Using your gesture studies as a guide, create a small sculpture depicting the human figure in an expressionistic pose.
Make a plan in your sketchbook – thumbnail of your idea along with a small explanation of what you will try to portray
Things to think about:
realism or abstraction
use of texture
How can the work you just looked at become an inspiration?

41. Sculpture Terms Gesture Drawings Form Space (positive and negative)
Additive Process
Subtractive Process
Form vs. Function - or - Form follows Function
Wedge
Slip and Score
Feather the edges
Patina
Sgraffito
Greenware/ Bisque
Relief