Study Guide for 3-D art DDA Kurtz

Artist: Michelangelo Name: David Style: Renaissance Sculpture in the round

Artist: Louise Nevelson Assemblages/found object

Artist: Henry Moore Style: Abstract Media – usually cast Bronze, some carved stone

Artist: Alexander Calder Type: Mobile Kinetic art Non-objective

Artist: Salvador Dali Style: Surrealism (Dream like)

Artist: George Segal Style: Pop Art (kind of)

Artist: Claes Oldenberg Style: Pop Art

Three Goddesses Roman High Relief

Carving into a piece of clay or stone creates a relief

How were these sculptures created??

WELDING =Join together (metal pieces or parts) by heating the surfaces to the point of melting using a blowtorch, electric arc, or other means, and uniting them by pressing, hammering, etc

To attach smaller pieces use a soldering gun

What method was used to create these:

What are these called? What are they? Maquettes =

What is the purpose of commemorative art?

Conceptual art, sometimes simply called Conceptualism, is art in which theconcept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditionalaesthetic and material concerns. Many works of conceptual art, sometimes calledinstallations

Recycled art

Installations Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.

Earth Art

Craftsmanship=outstanding skill use of technique

Assembling =combining materials. Technique=the way an artist uses mediums.

In art, an armature is an underlying, unseen, supporting component (usually of wood or metal) for something else. 

Shapes are: Geometric or Organic

Concave vs Convex

Positive Vs Negative

neutral colors are white, grey, brown Primary can’t be made contrast is made using complimentary colors.

Monochromatic Color scheme

Artists statement = the use of original ideas to produce something an artist writes to explain a piece of artwork the use of original ideas to produce something Creativity is

How do you Present artwork?? framing, lighting pedestals.

Elements of art

guides the viewers eye Movement-

contrast-rough vs smooth

proportion-comparative by size

forms of balance

Styles: Non-objective, Abstract, realistic, surreal, pop- art, cubisim (geometric),

Media-more than 1(clay and wire)-Mixed media Mediums: Mixed Media, Plaster, Papier Mache (French term), Casting- (bronze and coins), clay. Oldest sculpture medium-Clay. Media-more than 1(clay and wire)-Mixed media Medium=1 material –(Oil paint)

Tools: Welding to fuse metal Soldering to sculpt and attach metal Chisel for subtractive.

Careers; art Therapy, Toy designer(creates packaging and toy), exhibit designer (store windows etc), graphic designer (logos, flyers)

African Art

Greek Art

Egyptian art

Ceramic portion – terms: Bone dry has a powder like surface How to Burnish a pot If pieces are too wet, they may slump Amphora - a type of greek vase Slow down the drying process to control shrinkage Clay should be dried slowly Clear glaze is transparent

Slip casting with plaster Molds Slip castin g molds are made of plaster Greek vases are decora ted with Sgraf fito Exhibi t design er for career s 1800 degree s cone 06 Aesth etics make work visuall y pleasin g Clay shrinks 4-20% Stilts are used to elevat e the clay pieces in the kiln Durin g bisque firings you can stack pieces on top of and right next to each other . Explai n why to center on the wheel.  

Temps for firing: Sgraffito 1800 degrees cone 06 Glaze firing 2nd firing 1900 degrees for cone 04 – bisque (1st firing) Aesthetics make work visually pleasing Clay shrinks 4-20% Sgraffito

(0 firings) Greenware= Plastic, leather hard and bone dry = UNFIRED (0 firings) Greenware= Plastic, leather hard and bone dry = UNFIRED CLAY (1 firing) .Bisqueware= clay that has been bisqued (gone through first firing) (2 firings).Glazeware= clay that has gone through a glaze firing (2nd firing)

Centering