Art 8

Low relief

Low relief or High relief?

free-standing sculpture

Relief sculpture or free-standing sculpture?

Land art, Site-specific art

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (pictured below) is an example of which of the following sculptural terms? A. Land art B. Carving C. Site-specific art D. Casting

Robert Smithson

A. Marcel Duchamp B. Pablo Picasso C. Claes Oldenburg D. Robert Smithson E. Andy Goldsworthy

Auguste Rodin

A. Edgar Degas B. Auguste Rodin C. Michelangelo D. Gianlorenzo Bernini

Edgar Degas

A. Edgar Degas B. Auguste Rodin C. Michelangelo D. Gianlorenzo Bernini

Gianlorenzo Bernini

A. Edgar Degas B. Auguste Rodin C. Michelangelo D. Gianlorenzo Bernini

Michelangelo

A. Edgar Degas B. Auguste Rodin C. Michelangelo D. Gianlorenzo Bernini

Fountain

A. Fountain B. Mandolin and Clarinet C. The Burghers of Calais D. Kouros E. Imperial Procession

Imperial Procession

A. Fountain B. Mandolin and Clarinet C. The Burghers of Calais D. Kouros E. Imperial Procession

Kouros

A. Fountain B. Mandolin and Clarinet C. The Burghers of Calais D. Kouros E. Imperial Procession

Mandolin and Clarinet

A. Fountain B. Mandolin and Clarinet C. The Burghers of Calais D. Kouros E. Imperial Procession

The Burghers of Calais

A. Fountain B. Mandolin and Clarinet C. The Burghers of Calais D. Kouros E. Imperial Procession

Andy Goldsworthy

A. Marcel Duchamp B. Pablo Picasso C. Claes Oldenburg D. Robert Smithson E. Andy Goldsworthy

Claes Oldenburg

A. Marcel Duchamp B. Pablo Picasso C. Claes Oldenburg D. Robert Smithson E. Andy Goldsworthy

Marcel Duchamp

A. Marcel Duchamp B. Pablo Picasso C. Claes Oldenburg D. Robert Smithson E. Andy Goldsworthy

Pablo Picasso

A. Marcel Duchamp B. Pablo Picasso C. Claes Oldenburg D. Robert Smithson E. Andy Goldsworthy

Michelangelo did not plan his sculptures before beginning the carving process - he made no calculations, sketches, or models before starting work on David.

All of the following statements are true of Michelangelo's David (pictured below), except which one? A.Unlike Donatello's David, which shows the hero after his victory, Michelangelo's David is portrayed before the battle as a beautiful animal preparing to kill with his intellect and skill. B. Michelangelo's David was created from a block of marble that had been tossed aside as unusable, after a botched attempt to carve a human form. C. Michelangelo's David is part of the Classical tradition of the "ideal youth" who has just reached manhood and is capable of great physical and intellectual feats. D. Michelangelo did not plan his sculptures before beginning the carving process - he made no calculations, sketches, or models before starting work on David.

The long, thin beard seen on the Statue of Khafre would only be present on the carved faces of male pharaohs in Ancient Egypt.

All of the following statements are true of Old Kingdom Egyptian ka sculptures like the Statue of Khafre (pictured below), except which one? A.Permanence was essential for Egyptian tomb sculptures like the Statue of Khafre, because they were created to house the ka, or the soul. B. Ka sculptures like the Statue of Khafre were not naturalistic portraits - artists would idealize the figure to represent the individual in the prime of life. C. The long, thin beard seen on the Statue of Khafre would only be present on the carved faces of male pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. D. The Statue of Khafre has the figure confined to the block of stone, with the legs and torso appearing to be molded to the throne and the arms and fists attached to the body - this created a sense of stability and maintained confidence that the sculpture would remain intact.

Ephemeral art, Land art

Andy Goldsworthy's Ice Star (pictured below) is an example of which of the following sculptural terms?(CAN BE MORE THAN ONE) A. Modeling B. Ephemeral art C. Land art D. Carving

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In the casting sculptural process, the mold is the negative impression of a three-dimensional form which is the pattern or matrix for giving form to molten or liquid material. A. T B. F

Direct metal sculpture

Which of the following terms refers to a form of constructed sculpture in which metal parts and pieces are welded, riveted, and soldered together to achieve a desired sculptural form? A.Direct metal sculpture B. Casting C. Ephemeral art D. Modeling

Assemblage

Which of the following terms refers to a form of constructed sculpture in which preexisting, or found, objects are integrated by the sculptor into combinations that take on a life and meaning of their own? A.Assemblage B. Casting C. Installation D. Ephemeral art

Casting

Which of the following terms refers to a sculptural process in which liquid material is poured into a mold, allowing the material to harden, and then removing the mold to reveal the finished form? A. Casting B.Assemblage C. Carving D. Modeling

Modeling

Which of the following terms refers to a sculptural process in which soft, pliable material - such as clay or wax - is manipulated and shaped into a three-dimensional form? A. Assemblage B. Modeling C. Casting D. Carving

Carving

Which of the following terms refers to a sculptural process in which the block of material - such as wood or stone - is cut and chipped away until the desired form is created? A.Modeling B. Assemblage C. Carving D. Casting

Additive process

Which of the following terms refers to an artistic process in which material is built up or assembled to reach a desired form, such as in modeling and constructing? A. Installation B. Subtractive process C. Casting D. Additive process

Subtractive process

Which of the following terms refers to an artistic process in which material is removed or taken away from an original, raw mass to define a figure or image, such as in carving? A. Modeling B. Subtractive process C. Additive process D. Ephemeral art

Land art

Which of the following terms refers to artworks that are created or marked by an artist within natural surroundings, and often created from the natural materials of the surrounding landscape? A. Land art B. Ephemeral art C. Freestanding sculpture D.Relief sculpture

Low relief

Which of the following terms refers to sculpture that projects only slightly from its background surface? A. Low relief B. Sculpture-in-the-round C. High relief D. Modeling

relief sculpture

relief sculpture or free-standing sculpture?

Rodin preferred carving his sculptures from hard materials in order to capture a great amount of realism and distinctive features.

All of the following statements are true of Auguste Rodin and his famous sculpture, The Burghers of Calais (pictured below), except which one? A. Rodin's The Burghers of Calais commemorates a historical event in which six prominent citizens (burghers) of the town of Calais offered their lives to the conquering English so that their fellow townspeople might be spared. B. Rodin devoted his life almost solely to representing the human figure in his sculptures. C. Rodin preferred carving his sculptures from hard materials in order to capture a great amount of realism and distinctive features. D.Rodin's sculptures were imbued with a realism so startlingly intense that he was accused of casting the sculptures from live models.

The Small Dancer Aged 14 sculpture was modeled in a Classical manner and created entirely from the traditional Classic medium of bronze.

All of the following statements are true of Edgar Degas' sculpture, including his most famous sculpture, Small Dancer Aged 14 (pictured below), except which one? A.The Small Dancer Aged 14 sculpture was the only sculpture of his that was cast in bronze while Degas was still alive, after he first exhibited it in wax at an Impressionist exhibition. B. The Small Dancer Aged 14 sculpture was modeled in a Classical manner and created entirely from the traditional Classic medium of bronze. C. Degas' sculptural experiments were originally modeled from wax or clay, which began to crumble - after his death the intact figures were cast in bronze D. Degas was a French Impressionist painter who turned to sculpture after he began to develop blind spots as he aged, because he could work out anatomical problems through the sense of touch.

Kouros figures were used to represent important elder statesmen, politicians, citizens, and leaders in Ancient Greece.

All of the following statements are true of sculpture from the Archaic period of Greece, including kouros figures (like the one pictured below), except which one? A. The faces of kouros figures have clearly defined lips that curl upward in an Archaic convention know as the "Archaic smile." B. Kouros figures were used to represent important elder statesmen, politicians, citizens, and leaders in Ancient Greece. C. Kouros figures were similar to Egyptian sculptures in that their arms lie close to the body, the fists are clenched, and one leg is slightly in front of the other. D. The main way in which kouros figures differed from early Egyptian sculptures was that the stone was carved away from the bodies of the kouroi, releasing the figures from the block. E. Archaic Greek sculpture was probably inspired by Egyptian figurative artwork that Greek travelers would have seen during this time period.

The artist of this sculpture created a very shallow and unrealistic sense of space, due to using only low relief throughout the image.

All of the following statements are true of the Imperial Procession (pictured below) from the Ara Pacis Augustae, except which one? A. This relief carving is found on the monument called the Ara Pacis (or "Altar of Peace"), which was created to celebrate the empire-wide peace that the first Roman Emperor Augustus was able to achieve. B. The procession of individuals unified by the flowing lines of their drapery in this relief carving clearly refers to the frieze sculptures from the Greek Parthenon. C. This relief carving differs from Greek reliefs because the figures are rendered in portrait likenesses, it commemorates a specific event with specific people present, and the figures are set within very convincing 3-D space. D. The artist of this sculpture created a very shallow and unrealistic sense of space, due to using only low relief throughout the image.

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Marcel Duchamp's Fountain (pictured below) caused an uproar when he exhibited it in 1917 - it was simply a porcelain urinal turned on its side, and an example of an art-form which he called a "ready-made," or "an ordinary object elevated to the dignity of a work of art by the mere choice of an artist." A. T B. F

casting process

What process is this sculpture?

Site-specific art

Which of the following terms refers to artworks that are produced in or for one location and are not intended to be relocated - the content and meaning of the works are inextricably bound to the location in which they exist? A. Ephemeral art B. Site-specific art C.Assemblage D. Sculpture-in-the-round

Ephemeral art

Which of the following terms refers to artworks that have temporal immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will disintegrate - they are not meant to be permanent, but are instead temporary? A. Site-specific art B. Ephemeral art C. Land art D. Assemblage

High relief

Which of the following terms refers to sculpture in which the imagery projects dramatically from the picture plane, so that it barely seems attached to the background? A. Free-standing sculpture B. Low relief C. Ephemeral art D. High relief