Touch is perceived by a sense of feeling; to be able to come to, reach, and attain.
"We can touch sculpture feel its roughness or smoothness, its coolness or perhaps its warmth." (Sporre pg. 78)
Texture is an important image to touch senses.
"Any work of sculpture cries out to be touched, and tactility plays a greater role in our response to sculpture than to other arts." (Sporre pg. 78)
Notice in the first image below as the many hands are touching and feeling around on the wall sculpture of the tiger. They are recognizing the different textures it may have, like as if it is rough or smooth, or if its marble or granite or perhaps even it is has a cold or warm feeling to it.
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Temperature and Age
"Color in sculpture stimulates our response by utilizing the same universal symbols as it does in paintings, photographs and prints." (Sporre pg. 78)
The colors of warmth are reds, yellows, and oranges. Where as the cooler colors are the blues and greens. These colors represent the different temperature tones within art.
"Color may result from the artist's choice to let nature color the work through wind, water, and sun." (Sporre pg. 78)
"This weathering effect, of course, creates very interesting patterns, but in addition it gives the sculpture the attribute not only of space but of time, because the work will change as nature performs its wonders." (Sporre pg. 78-79)
Color and the effects of weather plays an impact for an artist to decide on what and how to create something magnificent. But through time as nature changes, so does the work of art along with it.
"The effects of age on a sculpture may shape our response. Ancient objects possess a great deal of charm
and character." (Sporre pg. 79)
"The effects of age on a sculpture may shape our response. Ancient objects possess a great deal of charm
and character." (Sporre pg. 79)
As different items of sculptures begin to age, we begin to notice and recognize just how significant it really is. We also learn to appreciate the sculptors formation of their form of sculpting. The more of an object begins to age, it starts to gain more meaning and a sense of character and with age of an object begins to become more rare, less existent, and more valuable.
For example, if you look below at the image of arrowheads, you can see how different each one is and how no one arrowheads are the same. You can also recognize and see how they have all aged differently and no person can probably find them from within their own backyard now a days.
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