Chapter 11 Flashcards
MODELING a sculpture
manipulating a plastic material such as clay or wax to create a form (additive)
ASSEMBLING a sculpture
grouping or piecing together distinct elements (additive)
CARVING a sculpture
a subtractive process - takes material away to make sculpture
CASTING a scultpure
a mold where liquid is poured in to form the shape (additive)
Basalt
Olmec Mexico - thought to be used because of the powerful
who used Limewood
Tilem Riemenschneider in Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus
most common modeling material
clay
most common used material for Casting
metal
what was made using the lost-wax process?
Yoruba head of a king
Perseus with the head of medusa used what form of sculpting (by Benvenuto Cellini)
lost wax - cannot make duplicates
the process of casting in today’s day
investment casting or indirect - able to duplicated