Artists
Sculptors
Artists known for figures in stone, wood, clay and porcelain
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In an open-air carving yard before a lake and hills, a heap of rough white stone blocks rises at the left, a mat holds a mallet and a row of chisels, unfinished horse figures stand at both sides, a small seated figure sits on a table, and a mason sits among the blocks.
Sculptors are people known for carving and modelling three-dimensional figures in stone, wood, clay, metal and porcelain, mostly Buddhist and Daoist images and human figures. Their works are found mainly in temples, cave temples and folk image-making. They differ from painters and calligraphers in working in three dimensions, and from master craftsmen in making figures and images rather than objects or carved decoration.
People in this role
- Wei GaiDates unknown; active c. 151
- Dai KuiBorn c. 331 CE (uncertain)–396 CE
- Yang HuizhiDates unknown; active in the Kaiyuan era of Tang (713–741)
- Liu LuanDates uncertain (by one account c. 1240–1324); active from Khubilai's reign to Renzong's
- He ChaozongDates unknown; active c. Jiajing–Wanli reigns (1522–1620)
- Zhang Mingshan1826 CE–1906 CE
- Li GuangxiuDates unknown; made the Qiongzhu Temple arhats c. 1883–1890
No people in this role for that dynasty.