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Art Module 7

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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
earthquakes
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 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.
n 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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