Deck 13: Sculpture

Question 1

Wood and stone carvings are examples of

A)relief sculpture.
B)subtractive sculpture.
C)assemblage.
D)additive sculpture.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

One of the complex aspects of wood carving that a sculptor must pay attention to is

A)the shape of the wood.
B)the wood's additive qualities.
C)the wood's grain.
D)the wood's density.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The Egyptian limestone carving,Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re,is an example of

A)in-the round sculpture.
B)high relief sculpture.
C)low relief sculpture.
D)installation sculpture.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Ancient Egyptian stone funerary figures,such as King Menkaure,were carved to bear the spirit of the deceased into the eternity of the afterlife,known as the

A)ka.
B)kouros.
C)santeros.
D)Osiris.

Question 5

When a sculpture is created by building up the form with a material such as clay,the process is called

A)relief sculpture.
B)additive.
C)cast sculpture.
D)cire-perdue.

Question 6

Maidens and Stewards,a Parthenon fragment of the Panathenaic Procession,illustrates what ancient sculptural convention?

A)high-relief
B)free-standing sculpture
C)frieze
D)statue in-the-round

Question 7

Which of these statements is NOT true about the Qing Dynasty masterpiece Yu the Great Taming the Waters?

A)It is carved into the largest piece of marble ever quarried.
B)It is a remarkable example of high-relief sculpture.
C)Its subject matter is the story of a mythical emperor who tamed a catastrophic flood in the 2^nd millennium BCE.
D)Its subject matter is the story of the unification of China under Shih Huang-Ti in the 3^rd century BCE.

Question 8

The Tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi shows an extraordinary grouping of what type of work?

A)Stonework
B)Clay Pottery
C)Terra Cotta
D)Ceramics

Question 9

Richard Serra's The Matter of Time is

A)a traditional monumental sculpture.
B)a series of installations.
C)a good example of modeling.
D)a series of large,plastic sculptures.

Question 10

Case of Bottles by the California Funk artist Robert Arneson illustrates the modeling sculptural process in which medium?

A)wax
B)clay
C)plastic
D)cloth

Question 11

The Yoruba Display Piece produced for an oba,or king,is meant to reflect the king's power and

A)his wealth.
B)the power of the community's women.
C)the history of the community.
D)the events that led to his ascent.

Question 12

Auguste Rodin's The Burghers of Calais is a remarkable example of which type of sculpture?

A)in-the-round
B)bas-relief
C)assemblage
D)high-relief

Question 13

The Greek Kouros illustrates the idea of shifting or counter positioning weight around the axis of the spine in figurative sculpture.This pose is called

A)chiaroscuro.
B)perspective.
C)contrapposto.
D)pose tolerance.

Question 14

Allan Kaprow created "assemblages of events performed or perceived in more than one time and place." He called these

A)temporal phenomena.
B)multiplicitous situations.
C)happenings.
D)installations.

Question 15

Which of these processes best describes the one used by Rodin in sculpting The Burghers of Calais?

A)It was cast in one piece from a wax model.
B)It was cast in several pieces and then welded together.
C)It was modeled with clay.
D)It was carved out a single block of marble.

Question 16

Contingent is a typical work by the artist

A)Alice Aycock.
B)Eva Hesse.
C)Robert Smithson.
D)Walter de Maria.

Question 17

Pliable clay is made to hold its form permanently through the process of

A)subjecting it to high pressure.
B)casting it in bronze.
C)firing it.
D)soaking it.

Question 18

What do Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and the Great Serpent Mound have in common?

A)They were done in the same general time period.
B)They are both examples of installation art.
C)They are both earthworks.
D)They were done by the same artist.

Question 19

In Sky Cathedral the artist Louise Nevelson has combined found materials to create a sculpture.What is this process called?

A)eclectic borrowing
B)relief sculpture
C)assemblage
D)trompe l'oeil

Question 20

Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels are generally referred to as

A)assemblages.
B)earthworks.
C)constructions.
D)new image art.

Question 21

The material most often associated with the process of "casting" is

A)clay.
B)steel.
C)wood.
D)bronze.

Question 22

Because metal replaces wax during the casting process,many people refer to casting as what kind of method?

Question 23

Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels in the Utah desert was discussed as an earthwork.How does the work go beyond the simple definition of earthworks to extend our concept of space?

Question 24

Discuss the art of assemblage,using the work of Eva Hesse from this chapter.

Question 25

Choose an earthwork from the chapter and explain how it is shows both additive and subtractive processes.

Question 26

How does "assemblage" primarily differ from other sculptural processes?

A)It is more dynamic.
B)It is an older process.
C)It utilizes "found" objects.
D)It utilizes the "lost-wax" technique.

Question 27

According to the author,what are the three basic ways that we can experience sculpture?

Question 28

An environment that is set up or situated indoors is often called what?

Question 29

By the late fourteenth century,the African kingdom of Benin had developed tremendous refinement in the art of

A)wood carving.
B)iron casting.
C)brass casting.
D)stone carving.

Question 30

A sculptural space that you can actually enter is referred to as

A)an environment.
B)a tableau.
C)an earthwork.
D)an assemblage.

Question 31

Casting is an invention of which Age?

Question 32

Like Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Gates,Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is experienced by most people only through what?

Question 33

Naturalism in Greek sculpture was in part the result of what medical practices?

Question 34

Why was Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty different from traditional landscapes?

Question 35

Greek figurative sculpture was greatly influenced by Egyptian sculpture.What did the Greeks add?

A)greater skill
B)the representation of garments
C)naturalism
D)authenticity

Question 36

The sculptural material most commonly associated with "modeling" or additive processes is

A)metal.
B)clay.
C)wood.
D)found objects.