① round carving. The so-called round carvings refer to non-compressed three-dimensional stone crafts that can be appreciated from multiple directions and angles. There are also various techniques and forms, including realistic and decorative, concrete and abstract, indoor and outdoor, on-shelf and large-scale city sculptures, colored and non-colored, etc.; The subject matter is also rich and colorful, which can be figures, animals, or even still life; the material is even more colorful, including stone, wood, metal, clay sculpture, textile, paper, plant, rubber and so on.
As one of the modeling techniques of stone crafts, round carving has a wide range of applications, and it is also the most common form of stone crafts for ordinary people.
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stone art. The so-called stone art is the product of the combination of stone crafts and paintings. It uses compression to process objects, and uses perspective and other factors to express three-dimensional space, and can only be viewed from one or two sides. stone art is generally attached to another plane, so it is used more in architecture and can often be seen in utensils. Due to its compressed characteristics, it occupies less space, so it is suitable for decoration in many environments. In recent years, it has played an increasingly important role in urban beautification. stone art is as rich and colorful as round sculpture in content, form and material.
It mainly has several forms such as shrine style, high stone art, shallow stone art, line carving, and hollow out.
Ancient grotto stone crafts in my country can be attributed to shrine stone crafts, which can be divided into realistic, decorative and abstract according to different modeling techniques;
High stone art refers to a form of small compression, large ups and downs, close to round carving, or even semi-round carving. This kind of stone art has a strong contrast between light and dark, and the visual effect is outstanding;
Shallow stone art has large compression and small ups and downs. It not only maintains a kind of architectural planarity, but also has a certain sense of volume and ups and downs;
Line engraving is a combination of painting and stone crafts. It is produced by light and shadow, using light instead of pen, and even has some subtle ups and downs, giving people an elegant and reserved feeling;
③ Openwork. The stone art with the bottom plate removed is called open carving (hollow carving). The bottom plate of the so-called stone art is removed, so as to generate a variety of negative space, and make the contour lines of negative space and positive space have a rhythm of mutual conversion. This technique was often used on doors, windows, railings and furniture, and some can be viewed from both sides.
