Modern Gallery Sculptures and Sculptures

Sculpture art - term and background information

When sculptures and sculptures are mentioned with regard to modern art, one is confronted with various word meanings that need to be classified accordingly. The term sculpture is derived from the Latin "sculpere", which means "to chisel, carve, form", and has been used in the German language since the 18th century. Thus, the name already refers to the artists' creative method. Furthermore, it stands for the genre as such. The situation is similar with sculptures. As a generic term, they refer to three-dimensional works of art of a corporeal character; when it comes to the individual work, sculptures and sculptures as terms are generally used synonymously in modern art.

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Stone Age to Modern Age: Sculptures throughout History

Historically, the visual arts and also sculptures have their origins in a time far before the modern age. Sculptures are already known from the Palaeolithic Age, i.e. several tens of thousands of years ago, and are thus among the oldest common art forms in the history of mankind. An example of this is the approximately 30-centimetre-high ivory "lion man" from the Aurignacian period. Sculpture then experienced one of its high phases in ancient Greece and Rome. This is where the so-called contrapost originated, which presents the model leaning on his or her supporting leg and with the pelvis at a slight angle. After an interruption in the Middle Ages with its Christian-religious motifs, this realistic style of representation was continued in the Renaissance. Michelangelo, for example, created his over 5-metre-high David at the beginning of the 16th century, the first monumental study and most famous sculpture of all time.

Finally, Modern Art produced modern sculptures that were completely different from their counterparts from previous eras. Representation as a whole became more liberal and open to broader sections of the population, which was accompanied by a move away from realistic portraiture and towards the abstract.
Modern Sculptures and Sculptures by our Artists' Collective

This is precisely where the artists of our artists' collective, such as the sculptor and painter René Theurich, come in with their work. Theurich uses materials such as wood or even granite and limestone to deal with life-like themes in an abstract way and to create modern artistic and expressive modern sculptures. This is also one of the greatest attractions of this art form: Buying modern sculptures and sculptures always means dealing with an implicit realism that brings forth new, individual ways of looking at things and stimulates personal emotions.
Discover the versatile works in the Inspire-ART gallery and choose your personal favourite!