Roman Sculptures

Roman Sculptures

Roman Sculptures:

In Roman art, observation of nature was of key importance, for example: their portraits and sculptures which were usually meticulously detailed and realistic.

If we want to talk about sculptures where else would we start than with some of the most famous sculptures that shaped and inspired our society.

An artists sculptures were an observation of nature, to the extent that many of these sculptures were meticulously detailed and realistic.

You could almost say that the Romans and also Greeks set a milestone in how sculpture was depicted thought the eyes of the artists themselves.

Now I am a stickler for detail, and have been a fan of detail and realism all my life, and it shows in my art. Reason?

I cant tell you, I just have always been that way. And you might find that you may also fall into this category.

Good in one way, though I always have to reminded myself when doing my works of art, not put so much detail into it (even when I was a student).

You just cant put so much detail in every type of art work that you do. As a student; you have to cover many areas in art: from modern to fine art. And everything in between....

So where does that leave someone like myself, well....... I just have to restrain myself from going too overboard if I'm doing a semi modern piece of art work. Not easy, but I have to....

I have wandered through museums and stood in ore, just looking over some life-like sculptures portraying man and animal at their finest.

And love it! I have never been a carver, so looking at some pieces of work that have been carved from stone or marble.

I often wonder how it would be if the artist makes a mistake; chipped off a piece of sculpture that they shouldn't have.

What does the sculptor do? Start all over again? hmmm. You just cant stick a piece of broken sculpture back on again, can you.... I wouldn't want to start all over again!

Roman Sculptures: the Figure

From Portraits of Roman emperors, Romans depicted as warriors to heroic adventures. If you did or didn't know, Roman sculpture was heavily influenced by Greek examples. Lets face it, we can see the similarity. But why change perfection right!

I have found sculptures like these to be a great source of reference myself. And When I sculpt, I have books of these such sculptures that I refer to time and time again. And I also think this applies in the areas of drawing and painting.

Use the references of art such as Roman sculptures. Drawing ideas from such exquisite pieces of work can only improve your own art work.

Such detail in some of these pieces of sculptures are so realistic.

It sometimes makes me wonder, with all the modern tools that we have today, how does an artist fair to the artist of yesteryear. And I can tell you, no different; we complement each other.

Were not going to do any better than the artists of the past. Have a look at architecture?

I can say that with the tools they had then, compared to the heavy moving equipment that we have today (and don't forget the electric tools). We can not match the architect builders of centuries ago.

So learn from the artists of the past. Their journey is no different than ourselves. We are all the same, with only the time difference of what, say... a couple thousand years, etc....