Deck 11: Sculpture and Installation

Question 1

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 method.
D) Today's sculptors do not use the lost-wax method.
E) Today, multiples can be created from the process.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The carving method

A) is more aggressive than modeling.
B) is more direct than casting.
C) is a subtractive process.
D) is all of these: a subtractive process, more aggressive than modeling, and more direct than casting.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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 these answers are correct.

Question 5

Casting is known as ________ method.

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

Question 6

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 7

The additive process of sculpture includes

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

Question 8

High-relief sculpture is different than low-relief sculpture in that

A) high-relief projects boldly from the background.
B) high-relief is installed high upon the wall of a building.
C) elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.
D) high-relief projects boldly from the background, and elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 9

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 10

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 is correct.

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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: They did not believe in trying to influence people through images; they favored industrial and construction materials; and they attempted to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 13

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 these answers are correct.

Question 14

In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material?

A) gold
B) clay
C) marble
D) leather
E) wood

Question 15

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 16

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 17

________ 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 18

The subtractive process involves

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

Question 19

Fired clay is sometimes called

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

Question 20

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: not meant to be viewed in the round, not finished on all sides, and often used to decorate architecture.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 21

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 22

Select three different sculptural works that portray the human form. Discuss the similarities and differences in these works that relate to both content and form.

Question 23

Considering the following two works, 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 24

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.

Question 25

Consider the statue 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 26

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 27

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

A) Greek
B) Roman
C) India
D) China
E) Mesoamerica

Question 28

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

Question 29

Compare and contrast viewers' responses to Serra's Bellamy and Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates. Then indicate your responses to these works and the reasons you respond in these ways.

Question 30

Discuss Thomas Hirschhorn's Jumbo Spoons and Big Cake considering the category of art it represents, how it employs the space, and the concept of the work.

Question 31

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 32

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 33

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