The introduction of powered, mechanical, and later digitally controlled systems into stages of sculpture once performed entirely by hand.
Meccanizzazione delle tecniche scultoree names the historical shift by which hand processes such as drilling, sawing, roughing, pointing, and surface work were supplemented or replaced in part by machines.
Le voci del marmo treats the mechanization of sculptural techniques as a distinct historical topic and documents the continuum from traditional tools to pneumatic equipment and CNC machinery.
Etymology
Italian: meccanizzazione, “mechanization,” + tecniche scultoree, “sculptural techniques.”
Sculptor Notes
Mechanization changes where judgment occurs; it does not eliminate judgment. The sculptor must still decide what information is given to the machine, how much material is removed, where the machine stops, and what remains for the hand.
References
https://levocidelmarmo.sns.it/lista_video.php; https://levocidelmarmo.sns.it/lista_times.php