Chapter 11

Question 1

Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________.

Answer 1

natural; ephemeral

Question 2

The carving method

Answer 2

is all of these: a subtractive process, more aggressive than modeling, and more direct than casting.

Question 3

The subtractive process involves

Answer 3

carving

Question 4

________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture.

Answer 4

Assemblage

Question 5

Four basic methods for making a sculpture are

Answer 5

modeling, casting, carving, and assembling.

Question 6

Sculptors will often create a “sketch” out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice.

Answer 6

Clay

Question 7

The sculpture, The Dying Slave, employing the contrapposto stance, was created by which artist?

Answer 7

Michelangelo

Question 8

High-relief sculpture is different than low-relief sculpture in that

Answer 8

high-relief projects boldly from the background, and elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.

Question 9

The artworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are intended

Answer 9

as self-financing works, to be temporary and transitory, as works that have as the subject matter the entire process of the project, & to bring together a temporary community of people focused on a particular idea.

Question 10

Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are known as

Answer 10

Earthworks