The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sculpture: A sculpture – human-made three-dimensional art object. Sculpture or sculpting – activity of creating sculptures. A person who creates sculptures is called a sculptor. What type of thing is sculpture? Sculpture can be described as all of the following: Art – aesthetic expression for presentation or performance, and the work produced from this activity. The word "art" is therefore both a verb and a noun, as is the term "sculpture". Work of art – aesthetic physical item or artistic creation. One of the arts – as an art form, sculpture is an outlet of human expression, that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. Sculpture is a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse. A branch of the visual arts – visual arts is a class of art forms, including painting, sculpture, photography, architecture and others, that focus on the creation of works which are primarily visual in nature. Fine art – in Western European academic traditions, fine art is art developed primarily for aesthetics, distinguishing it from applied art that also has to serve some practical function. The word "fine" here does not so much denote the quality of the artwork in question, but the purity of the discipline according to traditional Western European canons. Types of sculpture Architectural sculpture – Assemblage – Bas relief – Bust – Earth art – Environmental sculpture – Figurine – Installation art – Kinetic sculpture – Mobile – Statue – Short-lived forms Gas sculpture Ice sculpture Rock balancing Sand sculpture Styles of sculpture Detonography – Modern sculpture – Relief – History of sculpture History of sculpture Elements Mass – Negative space – Space – Volume – General sculpture concepts Armature – Carving – Casting – Chisel – Direct carving – Maquette – Model – Nude – Readymade – Relief sculpture – Patina – Materials used in sculpture Traditional Materials Wood – Marble – Limestone – Granite – Porphyry – Diorite – Jade – Ivory – Clay – Terracotta – Bronze – Gold – Silver – Butter – Soapstone – Modern Materials Steel – Jesmonite – Acrylic – Concrete Plastic – Fiberglass – Glass – Aluminum – Fabric – Paper – Found object – Notable works of sculpture Great Sphinx of Giza (c. 2558–2532 BCE) Abu Simbel temples (c. 1264 BCE) Elgin Marbles