Deck 5: Sculpture

Question 1

Frank Stella's Giufà, the Moon, the Thieves, and the Guards is generally classified as which of the following?

A) high-relief sculpture
B) earth sculpture
C) low-relief sculpture
D) space sculpture

Answer 1

low-relief sculpture

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of environmental sculpture?

A) Aphrodite
B) The Bus Driver
C) Wheel Man
D) Cubi X

Answer 2

The Bus Driver

Question 3

Spiral Jetty is an example of

A) earth sculpture
B) environmental sculpture
C) machine sculpture
D) accommodation with technology

Answer 3

earth sculpture

Question 4

In most contemporary sculpture, there is one pervasive characteristic:

A) Sculpture identifies volume in space.
B) The tactile nature of the pieces recalls traditional sculpture.
C) Sculpture remains true to materials.
D) Sculpture now flies, floats, breathes.

Question 5

Protest against technology sculpture emphasizes

A) spatial relationships between humans
B) the density of technological materials
C) humanity's growing dependence on technology
D) technological movement

Question 6

Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

A) Richard Serra
B) Judy Chicago
C) Robert Smithson
D) Maya Ying Lin

Question 7

Sculpture, more than painting, appeals to

A) the visual sense
B) the sense of touch
C) the imagination
D) common sense

Question 8

Arp's Growth is an example of

A) high-relief sculpture
B) sculpture in the round
C) the lost-wax process
D) space sculpture

Question 9

Our bodies are more actively involved in the perception of

A) low relief sculpture
B) high relief sculpture
C) sculpture in the round
D) sunken relief sculpture

Question 10

Sculpture that has grooves of various depths cut into the surface plane of stone while the surface remains clearly perceptible is

A) sunken-relief sculpture
B) low-relief sculpture
C) high-relief sculpture
D) being true to materials

Question 11

The Pietá was sculpted by

A) Calder
B) Michelangelo
C) Rodin
D) Ghiberti

Question 12

An example of "truth to materials" in sculpture is

A) a carving of stone, carefully polished so that it resembles human flesh
B) a realistic shape
C) an abstract shape
D) a carving from wood, shaped so as to reveal the grain of the wood

Question 13

Abstract sculptures

A) usually represent specific objects and events
B) often makes the density of sensa its primary subject matter
C) can only represent density, but cannot present it
D) are space sculptures

Question 14

Which of the following is true of contemporary versus traditional sculpture?

A) It is more likely to be made by modeling.
B) It is more likely to be made by carving.
C) It is more likely to be made by assembling preformed pieces of material
D) It is easy to classify.

Question 15

Which type of sculpture especially brings out the three-dimensionality of objects?

A) low relief sculpture
B) high relief sculpture
C) sculpture in the round
D) sunken relief sculpture

Question 16

First describe the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and The Dinner Party. Be sure to identify what kind of sculpture each is. Then decide which sculpture is more successful. Defend your response.

Question 17

First describe Giacometti's City Square (La Place). Be sure to identify what kind of sculpture it is. Then explain how and what it protests. Be specific.