Deck 10: Sculpture

Question 1

Why do we need to experience a sculpture in person?

A) A sculpture is three-dimensional and interactive
B) A sculpture's environment is important, and photographs help us understand the sculpture
C) A sculpture has mass, and we can't understand mass unless we can touch it
D) A sculpture is in our space, and a sculpture's environment affects its meaning

Answer 1

D

Question 2

One reason mass is important to experiencing a sculpture is because mass:

A) Influences the effect of the sculpture
B) Affects the actual texture of the sculpture
C) Helps us relate to a sculpture's material
D) Affects the environment around us

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Three properties that might help us evaluate the material of a sculpture are:

A) Softness, value, and actual texture
B) Durability, value, and appearance
C) Actual texture, patina, and sentimental value
D) Patina, mass, and luster

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Manipulating the material and form of a sculpture allows artists in the Western tradition to communicate:

A) An idea or feeling
B) The function and purpose
C) The movement and rhythm
D) The mass and negative space

Question 5

We need to walk around freestanding sculptures because:

A) They are not attached to a wall or surface
B) They exist in an environment
C) They can only be fully understood from multiple views
D) They are carved differently

Question 6

A typical United States penny is what kind of sculpture?

A) Bas relief
B) Haut relief
C) Freestanding
D) Kinetic

Question 7

A high-relief sculpture is DIFFERENT from a low-relief sculpture because a high relief sculpture:

A) Exists in an environment
B) Forms a strong sense of space
C) Can't be placed away from a wall
D) Is cast in metal

Question 8

The famous Stonehenge site (figure 1.8), which features large stones placed on Salisbury Plain in England, might be considered:

A) A house
B) An earthwork
C) A high-relief sculpture
D) An installation

Question 9

Because most earthworks can't be moved, they are:

A) Site-specific
B) Able to be entered
C) Installations
D) Lower value

Question 10

We might think of installations as similar to video games because:

A) They use digital images
B) The viewer can update the content
C) The viewer is an active participant
D) They are meant to be shared online

Question 11

If you were carving a sculpture in stone of a person experiencing grief, why might you depict them kneeling, with their hands to their face, crying, instead of standing and raising their hands to God?

A) Outstretched extremities can lead to structural problems
B) That form would send the wrong message
C) Stone is better for tensile strength
D) Joined items are more structurally sound

Question 12

If you were modeling a sculpture out of a soft, squishy material, what might you want to use for support?

A) An aperture
B) A kiln
C) An armature
D) A casting

Question 13

Imagine you were a sculptor and needed to make a sculpture out of gold. If the patron did not want to overspend, what might be the technique you would choose?

A) Solid casting
B) Assembling
C) Hollow casting
D) Modeling

Question 14

A work created from joined, found objects is called:

A) A high relief
B) A casting
C) An assemblage
D) A construction

Question 15

Digitally based sculpture techniques can be:

A) Additive or subtractive
B) Subtractive and installation
C) Found objects
D) Ceramic and wax

Question 16

Sculpture is easily understood through photographs.

Question 17

Earthworks must use only natural materials.

Question 18

Armatures are necessary for cast sculptures.

Question 19

An assembled sculpture is made of objects that already existed.

Question 20

3D printing can be used to make a sculpture.

Question 21

Various materials used to form sculptures have three different properties, including _______ , value, and appearance.

Question 22

________ sculptures can only be fully understood from multiple views.

Question 23

A sculpture we can only view from the front is called a _______ sculpture.

Question 24

Because viewers enter them to experience these works, _________ make the viewer an active participant in the artistic process.

Question 25

In the technique of ____ , artists use clay as a transitional step to another, more permanent material such as bronze.

Question 26

Magdalena Abakanowicz's Bronze Crowd (figure 10.6A) with Donatello's Mary Magdalene (figure 10.24). How do the artists convey different or similar messages using the durability and appearance of the materials, as well as the visual elements of art?

Question 27

What difference do you think the message of an earthwork would have if the artist who created it used human-made forms in an environment as opposed to natural materials? Give examples.

Question 28

Why might an artist choose a solid over a hollow casting technique? Give examples.

Question 29

Melvin Edwards's Resolved (figure 10.32) is an assemblage that addresses the history of racial violence in the United States. If you were to design an assemblage to promote peace, what items would you assemble, and how would you attach them?

Question 30

Do you think digital sculpting techniques are truly innovative, or do they just reduce the physical work artists need to do? Explain your argument using specific examples.