ART- CH. 11
Three-dimensional involves
-Height, Width, and Depth
Working with Time and Place
-Human beings also sculpt the landscape and specific environments -There are practical, religious, and aesthetic reasons for this type of sculpture
Contrapposto
-Meaning counterpoise or counterbalance; sets the body in a gentle S-shaped curve that implies the potential for human motion
human figure
-a basic subject for sculpture throughout time.
In the round
-a freestanding artwork that can be viewed from any angle; for it is completed on all sides
Relief Sculpture
-a sculpture in which forms project from but remain attached to the background surface
High Relief
-a sculpture in which forms project more bolding from their background.
Installation and Earthworks
-can also be referred to as Site Specific art which is art that is produced for one location -The content and the meaning are linked to the site -The phrase 'site specific art' started in the 1960s and 1970s as a blanket category for art that was created for or in, a specific location
Sculpture
-involves works of art dealing with three-dimensional space -Can be viewed in the round or as reliefs
Casting
-liquid metal material is poured into a mold to create a form
Low relief or Bas relief
-the figures project only slightly from the background.
Mold
-the form into which the material is poured and imparts its shape
Earthwork
A work of art made for a specific place using natural materials found there is called
Methods and Materials of Sculpture
Modeling (additive) Casting (involves a mold) Carving (subtractive) Assembling (additive)
which of the following best describes what the minimalist artist were trying to accomplish
art should be about pure and honest aesthetic
the use of found objects as a sculptural material is an example of what type of sculptural technique
assembling
beginning in the 1960s artists began to create works of impermanent sculptures to explore what ideas
avoiding sales and ownerships of an object bringing people together in a new way bringing art closer to people's everyday lives
which of the following are the advantages of using bronze to cast sculptures
can create smooth rounded shapes flows freely when poured, allowing for small detailed works is extremely durable even for thin pieces
which sculpting method includes using a specifically shaped container into which the liquid is poured and then allowed to cool and harden
casting
what is the most common sculptural material used for modeling
clay
During the Renaissance, artists such as Michelangelo with his sculpture The Dying Slave attempted to reintroduce the __________ stance to Western art
contrapposto
indirect sculptural methods
during the process of creating a sculpture the artist does not touch the final piece
installation art always replicates familiar spaces such as hotel rooms or offices
false
The Italian Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's bronze panel The Story of Jacob and Esau was made using the lost wax technique and combines both _____ and ______ relief carvings, depending on the depth of the images
high and low
The ancient Human-Headed Winged Lion, from about the 9th century B.C.E., was carved as a relief, which is meant to ______
it can be viewed from the front and side
classify carving as sculptural method
it is more direct than casting more aggressive than modeling it is subtractive process
According to kiki Smith, why did she choose the human form as subject for her work?
it is only form everyone has their own authentic experience with
___ is a soft, uniformly grained, material that can be carved easily and was frequently used as a sculptural material in southern germany during renaissance
limewood
what is installation art
modifying space in some way and allowing the viewer to experience that space
about what is robert smithson's earthwork spiral jetty
moving away from art as a commodity object
Early-20th-century European interest in art from other cultures thought to be less sophisticated and less complex was called __________
primitivism
the idealized figures of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture were composed according to a delicate balance of harmonious
proportions
arrange the events of the lost-wax process in the order in which the occur
put the wax over the clay model add wax rods and metal pins add a clay casing heat the wax so it runs out pour in the bronze break the mold
the liquid form of ceramic used in casting is called
slip
place the steps of ceramic casting in the correct order
slip is poured into a plaster mold plaster absorbs water from the slip, causing it to solidify excess slip is pored out of the plaster mold cast is released from the plaster mold cast dries completely cast is glazed and fired
which of the following characteristics best describe synthetic resin as a sculptural material
the appearance of more traditional sculptural material can be easily mimicked a wide range of colored pigments in can be added to incorporate color
what is assemblage
the art of bringing together individual objects to form a sculpture
direct sculptural methods
the sculpture uses his/her hands to shape the final piece
why is roxy paine's steel sculpture conjoined particularly inventive
the shining metal seems at odds with the animated organic form
why is the lost wax process of casting suitably named
the wax mold is melted away so that it can be replaced by the metal
in lost wax casting, what is the purpose of the metal pins placed into the clay core
they hold the core in place after the wax melts
the human form is used in sculpture for the following reasons
to convey power of rulers to give a being presence
a work of art that can be entered so that viewers are immersed in an experience is called a
total installation
which statements best describes ilya and emilia kabakovs total installation the happiest man
viewers completely immersed within the composition the artists provided different points of view from which to consider the content of historical films
which of the following are examples of direct sculptural methods
wood carving clay modeling