Chapter 11

Question 1

The Gates

Answer 1

Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Example of Site Specific art 
New York 
7,503 gates, 16 feet tall
1,067,330 square feet of nylon fabric

Question 2

Spiral Jetty

Answer 2

Robert Smithson,
Example of Earthwork or Landart
Medium: Rock, salt crystals, earth, algae; coil length 1500’. Great Salt Lake

Question 3

Tilted Arc

Answer 3

Richard Serra
Medium: Cor-Ten steel
Example of site specific art.

Question 4

Mechanical Head

Answer 4

Raul Hausman
Example of assembling. 
Medium: Hairdresser's wig-making dummy,
crocodile wallet, ruler, pocket watch
mechanism and case, bronze
segment of old camera, typewriter
cylinder, segment of measuring
tape, collapsible cup, the number
"22," nails, and bolt

Question 5

Olowe of Ise

Answer 5

Born in Nigeria and moved to Ise and made commissions for the King.
well known in England and Nigeria.
Made the “Bowl with Figures” which is made out of wood pigment.

Question 6

Chriso and Jeanne-Claude

Answer 6

A couple that created environmental works of art.
create works of art simply for joy and for beauty.
Prominent in Paris

Question 7

Free Standing Sculpture/ Sculpture “In the round”

Answer 7

A sculpture that is surrounded by space all around it

Example: David by Michelangelo

Question 8

Relief (High, Low, Sunken)

Answer 8

A sculpture where the figures are projecting from the background and the amount of projection is determined by the amount of relief (High, low, sunken)

High: half of their depth is projecting»mostly coming out of the background

Low: very little projection from background

Sunken: No projection from backgroung» similar to carving on a wall .

Question 9

Methods of sculpture

Answer 9

By manipulating materials such as clay.

example: Terra-cotta army

Question 10

Lost-Wax Process

Answer 10

A model in plaster of clay and then coated with wax

Question 11

Gilded

Answer 11

covered with a thin layer of gold 
Example: The Bodhisattva
Avalokiteshvara (the
bodhisattva of
compassion also known
as “the Lotus Holder”)

Question 12

Installation

Answer 12

a space that is meant to be entered and experienced. the work of art is placed there for a limited time and is meant for that space.

Question 13

Site-Specific Art

Answer 13

artwork that was made for a specific place and to be understood in that space.

Question 14

Earthwork/Land Art

Answer 14

reshaping and arranging natural elements at a natural site

Example: “Spiral Getty”

Question 15

Additive - Modeling, Assembling

Answer 15

constructing a whole using multiple individual parts.
Example :
“Mechanical Head”

Question 16

Subtractive - Carving

Answer 16

A block of solid material that will be carved away.
Example:
“Venus of Willendorf”
“Colossal Olmec Head”

Question 17

Casting

Answer 17

making a sculpture by pouring hot liquid into a mold and letting it harden.
Bronze, plaster, clay, and resin.

Question 18

Terra Cotta Army

Answer 18

Clay modeling surrounding the tomb mound of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty
over 6,000 life size soldiers, horses, and chariots.

Question 19

Colossal Olmec head

Answer 19

Example of the subtractive carving method of modeling. the olmec were an ancietn pre columbian civilization.