Sculpture

The art of sculpture is not extremely popular in Daleth. This is mainly because sculptures are seen as decoration, and not as art. Sculptures are just there, and there is no use to contemplate about it. The sculptures can be found in temples, in gardens (in fountains and on fields), and sometimes indoors.
The three-dimensional portraits of real people are not popular either, but that has more to do with the miserable quality of the portrait and the high prices asked for it. The best known portrait of a man is the statue of Emperor Hyzikh III, that was placed on every market square in 1688 (see: Imperial Sizes in the Measures-section).
Portraits of Emperors and Kings are easy targets for revolutionary ideas, and not much of them are left now. Revolting masses can make a statue of a King, with just the only goal to make it a goal, to use the statue as if it were the hated suppressor itself, and destroy the statue as soon as they made it...

Abstract sculptures are not common in the salons, but are the almost exclusive territory of the Naglani. The Naglani, who believe the most beautiful thing in the world is the world itself (See: Natural Religion), put together pieces of the world in abstract sculptures. Pieces of wood and rocks are their main material, and are picked up from the woods and the mountains because they “look different to other pieces” as the artists state. The sculptures or objects show the amazing beauty of the nature itself, and the artists don’t consider themselves the artists, but the collectors. After all, it was Alls who created the bits and pieces in the object.
The rotting away of the objects is part of the art, and shows the vanity of the world.
Some Naglani make sculptures out of ice or snow. They are made in certain caves and far-away regions, to prevent the art from melting.

In the agricultural communities, sometimes Moliks are made, statues like sheaves. This is no art either, but some superstition (see also the Weird Creatures).