The carving method |
is all of these: a subtractive process, more aggressive than modeling, and more direct than casting. |
The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of |
high-relief sculpture. |
Four basic methods for making a sculpture are |
modeling, casting, carving, and assembling. |
The additive process of sculpture includes |
both assembling and modeling. |
Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________. |
natural; ephemeral |
The subtractive process involves |
carving. |
Relief sculpture is |
all of these: not meant to be viewed in the round, not finished on all sides, and often used to decorate architecture. |
In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material? |
clay |
Fired clay is sometimes called |
ceramic. |
Which of the following concepts conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art? |
installation art |
The ________ process dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C.E. |
lost-wax |
Casting is known as ________ method. |
an indirect |
Sculptors will often create a "sketch" out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice. |
clay |
What is the key difference between the process of lost-wax casting as practiced in ancient times and that same process today? |
Today, multiples can be created from the process. |
________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture. |
Assemblage |
High-relief sculpture is different than low-relief sculpture in that |
high-relief projects boldly from the background, and elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background. |
Minimalists |
All of these are the case: They did not believe in trying to influence people through images; they favored industrial and construction materials; and they attempted to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves |
Contrapposto (meaning counter poise or counterbalance) was developed by ________ as a pose for sculptures of the human figure. |
ancient Greeks |
The artworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are intended |
All these answers are correct. |
Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are known as |
earthworks. |
The sculpture The Scraper is an idealized figure from which civilization? |
Greek |
What separates the art object from the craft object? |
There is no definite line. |
Wood is not very durable because |
All of these are the case: cold and heat distort it; water rots it; and insects can eat it away. |
The Tree of Jesse is a work from |
the golden age of stained glass. |
The principal ingredient of glass is |
sand. |
Although the chemical composition of ________ changes when exposed to extreme heat, ________ doesn’t change chemically when its pliability is altered by heat. |
clay; glass |
The most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel is by |
blowing. |
The work OneShot by Patrick Jouin for Materialise. MGX is a |
plastic stool. |
The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to |
the Industrial Revolution. |
Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on |
carpets and rugs. |
Industrial art as discussed by Gustav Stickley in The Craftsman |
preceded the field of design; set about to design objects that could be machine produced; and encouraged cooperation between artists and manufacturers. |
In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called |
the warp. |
Wood is a popular craft material because |
it is abundant and relatively easy to work. |
Which of the following is made from the sap of a tree? |
lacquer |
The ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica prized ________ for its translucence, which they associated with rainwater. |
jade |
Forging |
is when metal is shaped by hammer blows. |
An archaeologist asked ________ to reconstruct an entire pot from a broken piece he had found, thus launching her career and the revival of Pueblo pottery. |
Mar’a Mart’nez |
The chair of Hetepheres |
was well preserved by Egypt’s dry climate. |
The secret of ____________ was discovered and perfected in China, and for hundreds of years potters elsewhere failed to duplicate it. |
porcelain |
By far the fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded clay form is by means of the |
potter’s wheel. |
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