1. Non-objective Ceramic Sculpture

2. Vocabulary Sculpture ~ The art or practice of shaping figures or designs or in-the- round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal. In-the-round (also called freestanding) sculpture ~ three-dimensional work of art that is surrounded on all sides by negative space.

3. Michelangelo’s David is an example of a freestanding or in-the-round sculpture. It is meant to be viewed from all sides

4. Relief sculpture ~ a work of art in which forms project from a flat surface. There are two kinds of relief sculpture: Bas-relief or low relief, in which forms project only slightly from the background. These are often used in architectural ornamentation and to decorate coins. High relief, in which forms extend further out into space. In high relief, because forms project out into space, cast shadows become an important part of the sculpture.

5. Bas-relief

6. Louise Nevelson’s Moontide is an example of high relief

7. Kinetic sculpture ~ sculpture that actually moves in space due to natural forces, mechanics or electricity George Rickey’s One Up One Down Oblique -Variation III is an example of kinetic sculpture

8. Vocabulary continued Non-objective art - Artworks having no recognizable subject matter

9. The thick application of glaze is a notable characteristic of this non-objective piece.

10. Repetition of geometric forms give this relief sculpture both unity and variety.

14. Torch Song by Susan Budge

15. Keyhole by Peter Callas

16. Untitled Sculpture by Paul Soldner

17. Delphi by Carolyn Judson

18. Curtain of Dream by Isamu Noguchi

19. Design for Blue V1 by Gabriel Marquez

20. Object 011 by Jean Louis Frenk

21. The Shape of War & Peace by Ken Turner