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- 4. Creating sculpture by combining many elements—especially found objects—into a complete work of
- 6. An alloy of copper and tin. It is a strong, hard metal used in cast sculpture.
- 7. An action that produces addition of some materials. Often refers to modeling. Materials especially
- 9. An action that produces subtraction, or the removal of some materials. Often refers to carving.
- 10. image, or found material, or found object: An image, material, or object not originally intended as a work
- 12. A typical mold is made by coating an original clay or wax sculpture with plaster and removing the dry
- 13. more realistic.
- 14. especially appropriate for subtractive sculpture in schools include clay, chalk, plaster, soft salt blocks,
- 16. sandstone, soap, and wax.
- 19. or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, and relief, and are made in a
- 22. used for low reliefs in Italy in the fifteenth century, and was occasionally popular in Europe for ornamental
- 24. wire or padded with wood or paper if appropriate. The medium is modeled directly onto the armature.
- 27. relief are level with the original surface of the material being carved
- 28. into it. The substance—such as clay, plaster, plastic, or molten metal—is allowed to harden to create a
- 33. art: Related to assemblage; uses large elements that can be experienced by walking through and
- 35. for additive sculpture in schools include clay and wax.
- 37. Wire used to build an armature is available in various gauges. A basic linear form in wire can be made with
- 39. are shallow. In sunken relief, also called hollow or intaglio; the backgrounds are not cut back and the points in
- 40. statuette, and statuary: A three-dimensional form of a person or animal that is sculpted, carved, modeled,
- 41. piece. The mold is put back together and a substance is poured into the whole mold.
- 43. The work is "assembled" from many parts.
- 44. The art of making objects with clay and firing them in a kiln at high temperatures to make them harder
- 45. [American spelling] or mould [British spelling]: A hollow or negative container that gives its form to a substance
- 47. space: The space a form occupies in an artwork. The actual material of the sculpture.
- 49. A sculpture technique in which a three-dimensional form is manipulated in a soft material such as
- 50. and porcelain. Also, a hardening or non-hardening material having a consistency similar to clay, often
- 51. group of statues. It can refer to the art of making statues, and is also a rare term for a sculptor. Statue comes from
- 54. by space. The opposite of relief.
- 56. [pr. American: paper mah-shay', French: pah"pee-yay' mah-shay']: A French word, literally meaning
- 59. A portrait sculpture or a painting representing a person's head, neck, shoulders and upper chest, and perhaps
- 61. stronger. Types include earthenware, porcelain, stoneware, and terra-cotta.
- 63. modeling clay or Plasticine.
- 64. Having, or appearing to have, height width, and depth.
- 67. or monumental work to the client for approval before the major work is started.
- 68. Space: The empty space in and around an object that helps define the sculpture.
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- 1. A small model (usually in wax or clay) of a larger sculptural work. The maquette is used to propose a
- 2. To form materials (i.e., molten metal, liquid plaster, or plastic) into a three-dimensional shape by pouring into a
- 3. the work. Environmental art frequently incorporates found objects as well as painting and sculpted forms.
- 5. or bisque fire: The first fire of ceramic clay. Bisque ware is generally unpainted clay that has been fired
- 8. of light on a three-dimensional form. The three-dimensional quality of such a form is emphasized by means of
- 11. "Statue" is not a synonym for "sculpture." A statuette is a small statue. Statuary is a collective term for statues;
- 15. The equivalent Italian term is cartapesta. A material, made from paper pulp or shreds of paper
- 16. time. It is usually a result of the oxidation of the copper.
- 17. Celluclay is a powdered-paper product for making papier-mâché.
- 18. and sunken. In high relief, the forms stand far out from the background. In low relief, also known as bas-relief,
- 20. cast in any material; usually an entire figure. It is used to describe a figural sculpture in the round rather than in
- 21. made of a less durable material than the cast.
- 23. when heated. The most common types of ceramic clays are earthenware (terra-cotta is an example),
- 25. modeling clay (Plasticine is a well-known brand) or ceramic clay—or wax. The term also refers to the
- 26. A term referring to a sculpture made by joining together various components of different materials or
- 29. from a filament and is moved by air currents.
- 30. with resin, wallpaper paste, or flour and water (2:1 by volume). Papier mâché can be molded or modeled into
- 31. A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it. Such works may be carved, modeled,
- 32. of the same substance.
- 34. the round: To be viewed from all sides; free-standing. When referring to sculpture, a type that is surrounded on all
- 36. a type of sculpture in which form projects from a background. There are three degrees or types of relief: high,
- 38. A skeleton-like framework to give rigid internal support to a modeled sculpture, typically of either clay or
- 42. Latin word status, meaning position or state.
- 46. Sculpture surrounded on all sides by space.
- 48. shapes when wet and becomes hard and suitable for painting and varnishing when dry.. It is known to have
- 52. of such ingredients—fine-grained, firm earthy material that is plastic when wet, brittle when dry, and very
- 53. upper arms.
- 55. A balanced arrangement of thin rods or stiff wires with objects suspended from them. The entire sculpture
- 56. A film or incrustation, usually green, that forms on copper and bronze after a certain amount of weathering
- 57. or something formed by this means. Also, an impression formed in a mold or matrix. The original piece is
- 58. A band of relief sculpture attached to a wall.
- 60. variety of media.
- 62. Mud; moist, sticky dirt. In ceramics, clay is the basic material, usually referring to any of a certain variety of
- 65. art, which is obtained, selected, and exhibited by an artist, often without being altered in any way.
- 66. shadow, and color. Reproducing the effect of light, shadow, and color in a drawing of such a form makes it