chapter 12

Question 1

In ________________processes the sculptor begins with a mass of material larger than the finished work and removes material or subtracts from that mass until the work achieves its finished form. An example is carving.

Answer 1

Subtractive

Question 2

In ________________processes the sculptor builds the work, adding material as the work proceeds. An example is assemblage.

Answer 2

Additive

Question 3

______________ sculpture is meant to be seen from one side only—in other words, it is frontal, meant to be viewed from the front—and it is very often used to decorate architecture.

Answer 3

Relief

Question 4

Forms and figures carved in relief are spoken of as done in either ____________________ or _____________________.

Answer 4

Low Relief or High Relief

Question 5

____________relief is shallow, and flatter to the surface.

Answer 5

Low

Question 6

____________relief protrudes further from the surface into the viewer’s space.

Answer 6

High

Question 7

—or freestanding sculpture—literally demands movement. It is meant to be seen from all sides, and the viewer must move around it.

Answer 7

Sculpture-In-The-Round

Question 8

___________________ are sculptural spaces which you can physically enter into or explore either indoors or in a contained space out-of-doors, such as a plaza, where they are generally referred to as installations.

Answer 8

Environments

Question 9

____________________________: large-scale out-of-doors environments made in and of the land itself. An example artist is Andy Goldsworthy.

Answer 9

Earthwork

Question 10

______________________: a subtractive process in which the material being carved is chipped, gouged, or hammered away from an inert, raw block of material

Answer 10

Carving

Question 11

employs a mold into which some molten material is poured and
allowed to harden.

Answer 11

Casting

Question 12

_______________________________: the process of bringing individual objects or pieces together to form a larger whole.

Answer 12

Assemblage

Question 13

Many _________________ like Louise Nevelson’s “Sky Cathedral” are made from the throwaway remnants of contemporary commodity culture, transforming them into art.

Answer 13

Assemblages

Question 14

___________________________: Installation art introduces sculptural and other materials into
a space in order to transform our experience of it.

Answer 14

Installation

Question 15

______________________________: the body is the medium. An example artist is Marina Abramovic.

Answer 15

Performance Art

Question 16

________________________: works made of clay.

Answer 16

ceramics