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What is Sculpture? 3-dimensional works of art Types of Sculpture: In the round: Relief: Bas Relief (low relief): High Relief: Viewed from all sides Raised up Slightly Raised up Projects far up, from the background
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Which Sculpture is the best example of low relief?.......high relief?…..in the round? In the round Low relief (Bas Relief) High Relief
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Sculpture was based on who? Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs their family,(queens, children) and members of the court
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What is the most important part of an Egyptian's existence? What is “The After Life” What did the Egyptians call the process of preserving a body of a dead person? Religion mummification. The Egyptians believed in life after death.
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Anubis How were many of the Egyptian gods portrayed?, As animals, animal heads on human bodies like Anubis, the god of the dead
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What was the item (book) placed in the coffin of the dead pharoahA copy? Book of the Dead. Its function was to secure a successful passage into the afterlife for the deceased through the spells and images it contained
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Frontalism means that the Head of the character is always drawn how? The eye is shown how? Why are pharoahs shown formal, stiff, and rigid? in profile full To show dignity and importance
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Sculptures based on nudes, god’s in human form, and the anonymous athlete Sculpture was based on what?
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They wanted to show the ideal world, of beautiful people Why did the Greeks show people this way?
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What is meant by contrapposto: It means: Natural pose, weight shift, not stiff Where were most Sculptures found? in Public places
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Columns for Support What was the purpose of Columns?
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Ancient Rome
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Realism…Faces were shown Realistic What was sculpture based on?
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More ‘busts’ were done, since the Romans believed that the face showed the person’s true personality. Why were more BUSTS done in Roman time that before?
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aqueduct What did Roman’s use to make their building? Baths Coliseum Columns for support and could be just decorative
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Which Contemporary Artist –created this artwork? George Segal
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What type of Artist was George Segal Describe his sculpture…and how did he create his sculpture? American Pop Artist – Sculptor Used plaster figures –plaster bandages used create the human form.
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Why were his figures white or with minimal color and detail?. Segal wanted to show the mundane existence of every day events and mental stagnation of life His figures had a ghostly appearance.
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Kneading the clay—to the act of removing air bubbles from clay And make the clay body even the oven that bakes the clay attaching two pieces of clay together roughing up two pieces of clay and using slip as glue between the two pieces of clay Sculpture Review Wedging – Kiln – Welding – score and slip –
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Slab – Pinch – Coil – Throwing— Glaze – Slats— a flat piece of clay creating a pot by squeezing the sides a long snake like piece of clay that is good for building walls Glass-like coating --paint for clay wood sticks that are used to ensure a rolled out piece of clay is the same thickness throughout. using a potters wheel to make a pot
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Properties of Clay Slip – Plastic – Leather hard – Bone dry – Bisque— first stage of clay, clay in its liquid form, acts as clay glue clay is soft and workable clay is not quite dry, ½ moist, ½ dry, will break if bent clay is completely dry fired clay
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There are the two types of patterns. Name them. Planned and Random
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Celtic Art Ireland
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Celtic Knot
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Aboriginal Art, from Australia to tell a story, since the aboriginals have no written language
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Buddhist Art Mandala What type of art is this? What is this called?
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Tibetan Monks the creation of these patterns is a healing process, to bring one to enlightenment and purification. The sand Mandalas were believed to transmit positive energies.
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CENTRAL AMERICAN ART What type of art is this? What are these called? MOLA
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Women from the Cuna Tribe
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Islamic Art What type of art is this?
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For religious reasons….. early Islamic law forbid using human or animal forms in art Why did Islamic art mostly consist of geometric and plant form?
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Bridget Riley Who was the artist that created optical illusions that appear to flicker, pulsate and move,?
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James Siena Which artist create interlocking patterns. He refers to his work as “structuring devices”. Many of his designs were inspired by phrase
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James Siena Which artist did this pattern?
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Bridget Riley Which artist did this pattern?
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Which artist did this pattern? Bridget Riley
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James Siena Which artist did this pattern?
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