INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE Create an expressive freestanding figure Research figurative sculptures from various cultures and stylistic.

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INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE Create an expressive freestanding figure Research figurative sculptures from various cultures and stylistic periods Make several sketches in notebook Make a maquette to determine proportion and techniques to achieve desired outcome

Your figure must: reflect stylistic influences from your research materials convey an emotion (comic – tragic) through stylization – exaggeration, distortion be at least 8” tall stand without support (balanced) be aesthetically interesting/pleasing be skillfully constructed reflecting skills, techniques and concepts you have learned in both ceramics courses be decorated to enhance the expressive power of the figure

ROMAN PORTRAIT BUST

VENUS DE MELOS, GREEK, c. 130 BC, Marble, 6.5’ High VENUS OF WILLENDORF, c.20,000BC, stone WHAT DO FIGURES TELL US ABOUT THE CULTURE THAT PRODUCED THEM?

MYCERINUS AND HIS QUEEN, EGYPT, 4TH DYNASTY c2470 BC, SLATE, 56” HIGH STYLIZATION

TERRA COTTA ARMY Mausoleum of First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, c 210 BC. Contains c.8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots and over 500 horses

Each figure has a unique face and head. They range from young to old, with different hairstyles and hats.

A poser?

MODIGLIANI

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, MAN WALKING, c1947, Bronze,70.5’ high EXAGGERATION

DISTORTION KIKI SMITH

MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, AGORA, c.2005, 9 ft. high, Bronze

HUMOR, CARICATURE RED GROOMS

Judith Shea Your figure MAY: Incorporate or include other objects, media, materials Be a head and shoulders (“bust”) Be headless, limbless, partial figure

CONGO, POWER FIGURE, 19th Century, wood, mixed media, Metropolitan Museum of Art

NOK ritual head, Nigeria Africa, terra cotta, 200 AD (?)

NOK

GLEN PHIFER, HAITIAN VOODOO DOLL, 2000, ceramic

DEBRA FRITTS, ceramic sculpture

TAISTO KAASINEN, 7 Brothers

KARIN SANDER

GASTON LACHAISE

PAUL SMITH

ROSENBAUM

LIZA MEYERS

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