Chapter 2.4: Sculpture

Which, if any, of these sculptures were created in the nineteenth century?

19th century: Lioness Lovers

Which fundamental sculptural approach was used to create each of these artworks?

3 white sculptures are subtractive 2 brown sculptures are additive

Which (if any) of these sculptural works are constructions and which (if any) are assemblages?

Assemblage: Bird in box Wheel on stool

What did the Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, and architect Michelangelo think about sculpture?

Believed by Michelangelo: It was only a proper sculpture if you could roll it down a hill without breaking it. Sculpture was the greatest of all the visual arts. The process involved freeing the figure from the stone in which it was trapped.

What type of stone was used to create each of these sculptures?

Big Head:Basalt Sitting Lady:Granite Lioness: Limestone Moses: Marble

Because of their powerful physical presence, sculptures have been created throughout history to commemorate the lives of rulers or express their might. But which rulers are associated with these particular sculptures?

Carving of dying lionness: King Ashurbanipal Lion: King Leopold I Moses: Pope Julius II Tiki Sculpture: King Kamehameha I White Sculpture: Grand Duke Francesco de' Medici

Which fundamental sculptural approach has been used for each of these artworks?

Lady and white sculpture: In the round Lioness: bas relief Centaur: high relief

The use of very different methods, materials, and styles—not to mention the manner in which they are reproduced in photographs—often affects how we perceive the massiveness or otherwise of sculptures. Can you place these figures in the correct order by height, from smallest to tallest?

Lady sitting Head (brown kinda looks abstract) Sculpture Moses Big Head Tiki (biggest)

Which, if any, of these artworks are sculptural installations?

NOT SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS: Video Sculpture that is yellow, red, and big

Which, if any, of the following terms relate to the Spanish artist Joan Miró's Object?

Related to Object: assemblage, found object, appropriation

Artists from which ancient culture created each of these sculptures?

Sculpture:Greek BigHead:Olmec Tombstone:Etruscan Lady: Egyptian Lioness: Assyrian

Which, if any, of these photographs show examples of ancient or modern earthworks?

Swirl-modern earthwork Spider-ancient earthwork 80 Backs-not an earthwork Green Serpent Mound-ancient earthwork brick building-not an earthwork

This assemblage represents what theme(s) or concept(s)?

The challenging of racial and gender stereotypes The survival of African traditions in black culture

What, if anything, is true of all sculptures?

They invite us to interact with them They occupy physical space in our world

What sculptural term is being defined in each of these brief descriptions?

a pre-existing everyday object presented as a work of artreadymade Correct label: readymade artwork made of pre-existing three-dimensional objects and materialsassemblage Correct label: assemblage a deliberate incorporation in an artwork of material originally created by someone elseappropriation Correct label: appropriation an artwork consisting of a constructed space or environmentinstallation Correct label: installation a pre-existing object presented with little or no alteration as part of a work or as a finished work of art in itselffound object Correct label: found object

Which media are well suited to each of these common sculptural processes?

carving: ivory, marble, ebony Modeling: terra-cotta, wax, Kaolin

What was the primary sculptural process used to create each of these artworks?

concrete building-casting Terra cotta coffin-modeling standing man-casting Hawaii god tiki-carving reclining orange figure-carving Gallas Rock-modeling

Which, if any, of the following, can be used as substitution materials in the substitution process associated with the creation of sculptures?

foam, wax, wood