SCULPTURE Flashcards
Sculpture is from the word ________, which means “to carve.”
SCULPERE
It is a processing technique whereby material is added again and again to build up the form, as in clay.
ADDITIVE PROCESS
Also known as haut releif or alto-relieve.
HIGH-RELIEF
This is a raised form or forms that projects from a background or a surface.
RELIEF SCULPTURE
This is a manufacturing process by which a liquid is poured into a mold and then allowed to solidify.
CASTING
This is a freestanding sculpture and is often on a pedestal or a base.
SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND
Representationalist sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal, or object.
STATUE
Typically showing a significant person on horseback.
EQUESTRIAN STATUE
It was only a mere 11.50 cm high and had bulbous proportions.
VENUS OF WILLENDORF
It is usually made of metal with designs engraved or embossed on it and rolled onto a freshly prepared surface.
CYLINDER SEAL
A human-headed winged lion from 883-859 BC.
LAMASSU
This decrees that the body of the figure in the round must not be twisted in any way. The face must look straight ahead, and each side must be exactly like the other, although that hand and feet could be in different positions.
THE LAW OF FRONTALITY
The inside of the outline is the one that is carved out.
INCISED
This period seemed to have had no interest in large-scale sculpture. The design was good but lacked a good sense of proportion.
AEGEAN SCULPTURE
A clay mold technique mainly for frontal figures.
DAEDALIC STYLE
The female form of Archaic Sculpture.
KORE
The Early Classical period is also known as ______ Style.
SEVERE
This was known to be the period following the death of Alexander the Great.
HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE
He is the greatest name in Geek Sculpture. His greatest achievement was the Athena Parthenos in Athens.
PHIDIAS
Praxiteles implemented a new pose called the ___ .
PRAXITELIAN CURVE
The Golden Age of Roman Sculpture came during what reign?
HARDEN
This is introduced by the Romans, a technique of undercutting with a drill around the figure rather than modeling them in rounded form, producing a strong but falttering contrast of light and drakness.
NEGATIVE RELIEF
The Byzantine period was also a period of .
ICONOGRAPHY
He surpassed his father’s brilliance in scuplture, developed free-standing sculptures in wood, ivory, and marble.
GIOVANNI PISANO