雕塑是运用可塑性、可雕性的物质材料（如石、木、金属、石膏、树脂及粘土等），通过雕、刻、塑、铸、焊等手段制作的反映社会生活，表达审美理想的具有三维实体的造型艺术，是一种静态的、可视的、可触的三维实体，以主体的造型形象和空间形式反映现实，称之为“凝固的舞蹈和诗句”。随着时代的发展和观念的变化，在现代艺术中出现了反传统的四维、五维雕塑、动态雕塑以及软雕塑等。使人们改变了时空观念，突破传统的三维的静态的形式，向多维的时空心态方面进行探索。雕塑的种类很多，按所用制作的材料，可分为石雕、木雕、泥塑、陶塑、金属雕塑、玻璃钢雕塑等，在雕塑上施以粉彩叫彩雕或彩塑。

The sculpture is the use of plasticity, can be carved material (such as wood, stone, metal, plaster, resin and clay), by carving, carving, plastic, casting, welding and other means of making the reflection of social life, the expression of aesthetic ideal with three-dimensional entity modelling art, is a static, visible and the touch of the three-dimensional entity, to the main image of the modeling and spatial forms reflect reality, called "dancing and poetry". With the development of the times and changes in ideas, there are anti traditional four dimensional, five dimensional sculpture, dynamic sculpture and soft sculpture in modern art. So that people change the concept of time and space, break through the traditional three-dimensional and static form, and explore the multi-dimensional space-time mentality. A lot of sculpture types, used by the production materials can be divided into stone carving, wood carving, clay sculpture, pottery, metal sculpture, glass and steel sculpture, sculpture in Pastel Color carved or painted to call.

其中，金属雕塑是用铜、铁、不锈钢等金属材料，经过铸造、锤打、拼焊等手法来雕塑作品，一般易制作大型永久性的雕像。

Among them, the metal sculpture is made of copper, iron, stainless steel and other metal materials, after casting, hammering, welding and other techniques to sculpture, easy to create large permanent statue.