The components of graphic art may function in the same manner in the three-dimensional arts. Subject, form, and content may have different emphases, however. These components may be used for expressive purposes, or they may used for ornamentation or utility.
Formal organization is more complex in three-dimensional art than in the graphic arts.
These complexities add another aesthetic dimension as they exist in a tactile and visual sense. This artwork appears to be made of wood, but is actually chemically-treated bronze. The sculptor must know his materials well to create this trompe l oeil effect.