We might have read about quite a lot about sculpture knowledge like what sculpture is etc. By understanding, we may know that sculpture is a kind of formative art, a generic term of three creative methods of carving, engraving and molding that refers to the use of various plastic materials or inscribable hard materials to create visual and touchable artistic images with certain space. However, does everyone know about the functions of sculpture? Here comes the description.

1. Recreational function

With the development of society, the sculpture type has broken away from the pattern of political function and closely interrelated with people's life. On the pedestrian streets in some cities nowadays, some figurative figure sculptures are appearing on the street, instead of towering aloft in the road center or the street park with the post of "No Touching" any more. They are dressed with our familiar clothes, having the same height with ours and are of some familiar figures among the public. In this way, these artistic works walk into our life really so that we could feel the pleasure brought by art in life and the interactions between citizens and cities are increasing with the lift of urban cultural taste. 

2. Cultural transmission function

In cities, architecture and sculpture could give people intuitive feelings. Compared with architecture, sculpture has more humane care as it bears temperature and emotion, being tangible. The sculpture construction is implied with the cultural vein of a city. Through the sculpture, personality and temperament of a city can be sensed. A successful sculpture work is not only beautifying cities, but manifesting their culture and disposition above all.

3. Spiritual symbolizing function

Sculpture is independent of the world due to its strong visual effect, deep emotions implied and immortal artistic vitality. Urban sculpture is a representation of statuary art as well as a formative art in public spaces. Except for the individual skill of sculptor, it also needs a combination with the urban public culture. An outstanding urban sculpture can be the material carrier of human landscape and urban spirit of an entire city completely. A piece of good urban sculpture is not only an amazing artistic work itself, but able to reflect the historic feature and regional culture of the city, arousing psychological resonance of the local people.

4. Region recognition function

The city is featured by an important public recognition concept that is not only its characteristic embodiment, but an important identification of urban cognition, able to reflect a city's culture, history and spirit. The city image is presented in the form of sculpture that becomes one of the images typical of the city.