Deck 11: Sculpture and Installation

Question 1

Casting is known as ________ method.

A) a subtractive
B) an additive
C) an indirect
D) an assemblage
E) a modeling

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Contrapposto (meaning counterpoise or counterbalance) was developed by ________ as a pose for sculptures of the human figure.

A) ancient Greeks
B) ancient Egyptians
C) 18^th-century artists of the Ivory Coast
D) 12^th-century Japanese artists
E) artists of the Renaissance

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The subtractive process involves:

A) carving.
B) assembling.
C) welding.
D) modeling.
E) None of these answers are correct.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material?

A) Gold
B) Clay
C) Marble
D) Leather
E) Wood

Question 5

Minimalists:

A) did not believe in trying to influence people through images.
B) favored industrial and construction materials.
C) attempted to offer a pure experience by letting the materials they used speak for themselves.
D) All of these are the case.
E) None of these answers are correct.

Question 6

Four basic methods for making a sculpture are:

A) modeling, firing, lashing, and casting.
B) casting, stacking, rolling, and carving.
C) modeling, casting, carving, and assembling.
D) casting, turning, rolling, and modeling.
E) None of these answers are correct.

Question 7

The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of:

A) low-relief sculpture.
B) high-relief sculpture.
C) bronze casting.
D) assemblage.
E) collage.

Question 8

Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are known as:

A) installations.
B) sculptures in the round.
C) lost-wax moldings.
D) earthworks.
E) high-relief sculptures.

Question 9

Which of the following concepts conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art?

A) Bas-relief
B) Pop-art
C) Installation art
D) Contrapposto
E) High relief

Question 10

The artworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are intended:

A) to be temporary and transitory.
B) as self-financing works.
C) as works that have as the subject matter the entire process of the project.
D) to bring together a temporary community of people focused on a particular idea.
E) All of these answers are correct.

Question 11

The additive process of sculpture includes:

A) carving.
B) assembling.
C) modeling.
D) both carving and modeling.
E) both assembling and modeling.

Question 12

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

A) fresco
B) clay
C) bronze
D) gilding
E) All of these answers are correct.

Question 13

Fired clay is sometimes called:

A) pewter.
B) haut relief.
C) rococo.
D) ceramic.
E) terra cotta.

Question 14

High-relief sculpture is different from low-relief sculpture in that:

A) high-relief is a freestanding work that can be viewed from any angle.
B) high-relief is installed high upon the wall of a building.
C) high-relief projects only slightly from the background.
D) elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 15

Relief sculpture is:

A) not meant to be viewed in the round.
B) not finished on all sides.
C) often used to decorate architecture.
D) All of these.
E) None of these answers are correct.

Question 16

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

A) Contrapposto
B) Cire perdue
C) Collage
D) In-the-round
E) Assemblage

Question 17

The carving method:

A) is more aggressive than modeling.
B) is more direct than casting.
C) is a subtractive process.
D) All of these.
E) None of these answers are correct.

Question 18

What is the key difference between the process of lost-wax casting as practiced in ancient times and that same process today?

A) The lost-wax process did not exist in ancient times.
B) The modern method no longer uses wax.
C) There is no difference between the modern and the ancient methods.
D) Today's sculptors do not use the lost-wax method.
E) Today, multiples can be created from the process.

Question 19

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

A) artificial; ephemeral
B) natural; permanent
C) artificial; permanent
D) natural; ephemeral
E) imaginary; conceptual

Question 20

The ________ process dates back to the 3^rd millennium B.C.E.

A) gilding B. subtractive
C) lost-wax
D) bas-relief
E) None of these answers are correct.

Question 21

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

A) Kiki Smith
B) Michelangelo
C) Rodin
D) Martin Puryear
E) Petah Coyne

Question 22

Consider the following two works and discuss the similarities and differences in the artists' treatments of their subjects: Lysippus, Apoxyomenos (Scraper), and Michelangelo, Dying Slave. Explain the connections between the two that relate to both form and content.

Question 23

Compare and contrast the experience of Saraceno's in orbit and Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates. Then indicate your responses to these works and the reasons you respond in these ways.

Question 24

Discuss at least three different approaches to the sculptural portrayal of the human body by different artists. Include your own assessment of the message each artist sends through the work and how you think his/her medium, processes, and technique affected the success of the work in communicating to the viewer.

Question 25

Explore the concept of impermanent sculpture by discussing an impermanent sculptural work or installation. Discuss the reasoning behind such a work of art and how its impermanence affects its meaning.

Question 26

Consider the Figurine of a Voluptuous Lady. Identify the culture in which this work was created and discuss its formal elements and the purposes for which it was likely created.

Question 27

Discuss Ilya and Emilia Kabakov's The Happiest Man, considering the category of art it represents, how it employs the space, and the concept of the work.

Question 28

Classify three of the four basic sculptural methods (modeling, assembling, carving, and casting) as additive or subtractive, giving a reason for each of your classifications. Then briefly explain the process of casting. Identify at least one work that illustrates each of these methods of making a sculpture.

Question 29

The sculpture The Scraper is an idealized figure from which civilization?

A) Greek
B) Roman
C) Indian
D) Chinese
E) Mesoamerican

Question 30

Consider the statues of Menkaure and Khamerernebty and the Burghers of Calais. Describe the medium of each of these works and identify each by artist or culture. Then discuss the similarities and differences in these representations of the human form in relation to the themes of each work and its relationship to the viewer.

Question 31

Carved in a broad style of plain surfaces and subtle modeling, Colossal Head is thought to represent ________ rulers.

A) Egyptian
B) Greek
C) Italian
D) Olmec
E) Indian

Question 32

Define and describe the technique of lost-wax casting. Give an example of a specific work created with this technique and discuss why its artist might have chosen this technique.