Sculpture

Cards (12)

  • Sculpture
    The action or art of processing hard materials into works of art.
  • Modeling
    • Model sculptures are created when a soft or malleable material is built using an armature and then shape to create a form.
    • Additive process
  • Carving
    • Involves cutting or chipping away a shape from a mass of materials
    • Subtractive process
  • Casting
    Involves giving solid shape to a fluid substance by pouring it in a mold of desired shape and letting it harden
  • Assembling
    • Involves gathering and putting together different materials including found objects to create an assembled sculpture
    • Additive process
  • Monolithic sculptures
    Carved from a slab of stone and is limited by the materials shape and size
  • Constructivism
    • Makes use of new materials like plastics, plexiglass, metal wire, and more.
    • allows a break from the figurative representation of sculpture
  • Sculptural assemblage
    Putting found objects together through a single method of attachment in a single color and surface texture.
  • Kinetic sculpture
    Sculpture in mechanical motion.
  • Niche
    A recessed place in the wall where a sculptured figure are bust can be located
  • Boxes
    Close and can become packages, a portable container for something worth giving
  • Grotto
    • Not associated with the wall, and is more like a room.
    • Relates to a vault or complex inner space of natural coverage