sculpture
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Sculpture. A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it. What is Sculpture?. Three-dimensional - Having, or appearing to have, height, width, and depth. Sculptures can also be described as: I n the round Relief Assemblage. Media may be: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
{Sculpture
A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it.
Sculptures can beRealistic
Abstract
Non-Objective
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van BruggenSpoonbridge and Cherry, 1985-1988aluminum, stainless steel, paint354 x 618 x 162 in.
Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Big Sight, Tokyo
Steel, epoxy resin, fiber-reinforced plastic, polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride foams;
painted with polyester gelcoat 50 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. x 40 ft.
Sculpture VocabularyMain Types:
1. In the round2. Relief3. Assemblage4. Kinetic5. Installation6. Linear
George SegalWalk, Don’t Walk, 1976
Retrieved on 1/10/13 from www.whitney.org
Techniques:• Additive• Subtractive• Modeling• Casting• Construction
Subtractiveinvolves removing material, as in wood carving or stone sculpture
Henry MooreReclining Figure, 1935-
36 Elmwood
AdditiveSculptural form produced by combining or building up material from a core or armature
Construction
a sculpture that is put together out of separate pieces of often disparate
materials.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Angel with the Superscription, 1667–68 Clay
ModelingWorking of plastic materials by hand to build up form.Clay and wax are the most common modeling materials
CastingSculptural technique in which liquid materials are shaped by pouring into a mold.
Mixed Media
using multiple materials
Edgar DegasThe Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer,
1922mixed-media sculpture
1. In the Round
Auguste RodinThe Thinker, 1880 Bronze Picture retrieved on 1/10/13 from
http://www.artchive.com
Boccioni, UmbertoUnique Form of Continuity in Space, 1913Bronze
Picture retrieved on 1/10/13 fromhttp://www.artchive.com
2. ReliefEgyptian Relief Block with the figure of Aa-akhtiLate Third DynastyFine-grained limestone with traces of paint
Picture retrieved on 1/10/13 fromhttp://www.artchive.com
Bas-relief
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“Low-relief”
Alto-relievo“high-relief”
The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore
Memorial
Daniel Chester French
Marble; 93 1/2 x 100 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.
Inaglio“hallow-relief”
3. Assemblage Louis NevelsonUntitled, 1964
Picture retrieved on 1/10/13 fromhttp://www.louisenevelsonfoundation.org/resources.php
Assemblage Robert Rauschenberg's
Monogram, 1959
Robert Rauschenberg ,1954
Assemblage
Joseph CornellUntitled (The Hotel Eden) 1945
Assemblage Nam June Paik, Video Flag, (1985-1996)70 video monitors, 4 laser disc players, computer, timers, electrical devices, wood and metal housing on rubber wheels
4. Kinetic
Alexander CalderSword Plant, 1947
5. Installation
http://www.chihuly.com/installations.aspx
DALE CHIHULYANEMONE WALL INSTALLATION, 200211' X 26'2002 OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL, SALT LAKE CITY
Sandy Skoglund
Flurstücke 0152011 international arts festival in Munster, Germany
Generik Vapeur Group
5. Linear
Bjorn DahlemThe Milky Way in a room
Linear sculptures focuses on art that is created through linear lines using different materials
Naum Gabo
Linear Construction in
Space No. 2
Naum Gabo
Linear Construction in Space No. 1
Spheric