Character Sculpture , whether in China or in the West have a long history.
Western character sculpture focused on realism, as early as the 4th century BC to the 3rd century BC , the late Hellenistic art of praise philosopher, and poet sculpture . Then the Roman era , ruled himself out of necessity aristocratic palace purposes , employ character sculptor carving a statues for himself, then formed the climax of the first character in the history of sculpture . Each statue sculpture are specific person , a specific identity , or even placed in specific locations . After all, is the art of sculpture belonging to the reality of people in the " God " of the era is relatively limited , after the medieval ebb , so figure sculpture Renaissance revival , and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries climax again , the involved in sculpture from the ruler of the sculpture , scientific and cultural figure sculpture , figure sculpture famous sculpture pushed to the ordinary people .