What are the advantages and disadvantages of a marble and b bronze as sculpture media and
... The first question is the advantages and disadvantages of using marble and bronze as sculpture media. The second question is what affects these two sculpture medias had on the type and quality of the work produced. ... There were various sculpture media; the three most notable were limestone, marble and bronze. ... Marble: The Greeks had plenty of beautiful marble and used it freely for temples as well as for their sculpture. Marble sculptors created their sculptures by chipping away the stone; the sculptors used the drawings on the side of the block as a guide. These sculptures had to be carefully planned and co-ordinated as radical and notable changes could not be made during the process of creating the sculpture, small changes were however possible. Marble has a very low tensile strength and so the sculptors had to be very careful of their pose. ... Sculptors had to be also aware of not chipping entire parts of the body away as marble is a brittle rock. They were not satisfied with its cold whiteness, however, and painted both their statues and their buildings, this was an advantage as not all types of sculpture media were suitable for painting. The ‘Discus Thrower’ (circa 460 B. ... à) reveals what a marble statue should look like. ... Marble does not reflect light like bronze, but absorbs it; hair on marble statues is usually carved more deeply so that it will throw a shadow.