| Bronze sculpture is a beautiful art medium that | | | | make something beautiful out of this particular |
| can produce a lot of great items such as busts | | | | type of metal. There are different types of |
| and other types of sculptures. Bronze is the most | | | | casting processes that can be used to cast |
| popular type of metal for casting sculptures. The | | | | bronze, including lost-wax casting, investment |
| reason is because many common bronze alloys | | | | casting, sandcasting, and centrifugal casting. All of |
| have an unusual quality for metals that give it | | | | these skills can be learned by sculptures, and once |
| time to slightly expand before the bronze sets, so | | | | they learn all of them they can stick with the |
| it has the ability to fill all of the fine details inside a | | | | particular casting process that they prefer most. |
| mold. Bronze is a strong metal and does not get | | | | The way that most large sculptures are made is |
| brittle. This helps when making a bronze sculpture; | | | | by making multiple smaller molds in order to get |
| many other types of material such as ceramic | | | | the right proportions and pose. Then, an |
| and stone can have the tendency of being brittle | | | | intermediate mold is made to perfect all of the |
| and chipping. The one disadvantage to bronze | | | | find details. If it is an extremely large scaled |
| sculptures is the value of the material. Very few | | | | sculpture, one more intermediate may be made. |
| ancient bronze sculptures still exist because many | | | | The final sculpture is made with a material on the |
| of the sculptures were melted down to | | | | insides so that the piece is not as heavy as pure |
| commemorate a victory over another country or | | | | bronze. The modern way of making a large |
| melted down to make weapons from. | | | | sculpture is also utilizing welding techniques in order |
| The Greeks were the first people to begin scaling | | | | to put pieces together rather than trying to get a |
| life size figures out of bronze. There are still a | | | | perfect sculpture out of one pour in a mold. |
| few examples of this such as the Victorious | | | | The way an artist will finish their bronze sculpture |
| Athlete which was preserved by seawater and | | | | is by polishing the bronze. Some artists will put a |
| was rescued to display in a museum. There are | | | | corrosive material like patina on that will give them |
| many more Roman examples of bronze | | | | more ability to control the final color and finish of |
| sculptures. The ancient Chinese and Egyptians also | | | | the sculpture. There is also a softer bronze called |
| learned various techniques in order to create | | | | ormolu that is coated with gold to produce more |
| beautiful masterpieces in bronze. Many of these | | | | of a matte gold finish. It was popular in 18th |
| statues and other works of bronze are displayed | | | | century France and is found in a lot of wall |
| in museums today. | | | | sconces, clocks, and garnitures. It makes a clear |
| The process of making bronzes are complicated, | | | | ring when tapped, so you can tell that they are |
| but may people take on the challenge in order to | | | | made of bronze and not a cheaper metal. |