What are the main forms of stone carving

Marble Sculpting is a kind of carving. The sculptor carves the image he wants to shape on a flat plate to make it out of the plane of the original material. Marble Sculpting are generally attached to another plane, so they are used more in architecture, and can often be seen on 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 sculpture are as rich and colorful as round carvings in content, form and material.

stone carving mainly has several forms such as Marble Sculpting, shallow Stone Carving, line carving, shrine type, and hollow type.

1. Marble Sculpting refers to a form of small compression, large undulations, close to round carving, or even semi-round carving. Marble Sculpting has a small degree of compression, relatively large spatial fluctuations of the shape, strong light and shadow effects, and good visual effects. It is relatively close to circular sculpture, and can even be classified as a kind of semicircular sculpture.
2. Compared with this, the shallow stone carving has a large compressed space, small undulations in shape, large flatness, and a sense of undulating space at the same time. Line engraving is a method of expression that can better express the characteristics of the combination of stone carving painting and carving. It relies on light to express its shape, creating undulations with light and shadow effects. Because it is not too conspicuous, it often gives people a dignified and reserved feeling.
3. Line engraving is a combination of painting and sculpture. 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;
4. The grotto sculptures in ancient my country can be attributed to shrine-style sculptures, which can be divided into realistic, decorative and abstract according to different modeling techniques;
5. Hollow carving is to remove the bottom plate of the so-called stone carving, so as to produce a variety of negative space, and make the contour lines of negative space and positive space have a rhythm of mutual transformation. This technique was often used on doors, windows, railings and furniture, and some can be viewed from both sides.