Exam Questions Sculpture And Installation Chapter.11 12e

Living with Art, 12e (Getlein)

Chapter 11 Sculpture and Installation

1) The carving method is what type of process?

A) Modeling

B) Additive

C) Assembling

D) Subtractive

2) The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of ________ sculpture. 

A) low-relief

B) high-relief

C) assembled

D) earth-work

3) What are the four basic methods of making sculpture?

A) Modeling

B) Firing

C) Carving 

D) Relief 

E) Assembling

F) Casting

4) What method of sculpture illustrates the additive process?

A) Carving

B) Casting

C) Modeling

D) Molding

5) Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ephemeral.

A) synthetic

B) natural

C) artificial 

D) imaginary

6) What term is used to described sculpture in which figures project only slightly from the background?

A) Low relief

B) High relief

C) In the round

D) Molded

7) What is a characteristic of relief sculpture? 

A) It is meant to be viewed in the round.

B) It is finished on all sides.

C) It is often used to decorate architecture.

D) It typically uses the lost-wax process.

8) In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material?

A) Gold

B) Clay

C) Marble

D) Wood

9) What is another term used to describe fired clay?

A) Pewter

B) Haut relief

C) Contrapposto

D) Terra cotta

10) What genre conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art?

A) Bas-relief

B) Minimalism

C) Installation 

D) In the round

11) The lost-wax process is what type of sculptural method?

A) Assembling

B) Modeling

C) Casting

D) Carving

12) Casting is known as a(n) ________ method.

A) subtractive

B) additive

C) indirect

D) modeling

13) Sculptors will often create a "sketch" out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice.

A) fresco

B) clay

C) bronze

D) terra cotta 

14) What is the key difference between the process of lost-wax casting as practiced in ancient times and that same process today?

A) The ancient method used mud, rather than wax.

B) The modern method no longer uses wax.

C) There is no difference between the modern and the ancient methods.

D) Today, multiples can be created from the process.

15) ________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture.

A) Contrapposto

B) Collage

C) In the round

D) Assemblage

16) How is high-relief sculpture different from low-relief sculpture?

A) High-relief is a freestanding work that can be viewed from any angle.

B) High-relief is installed high upon the wall of a building.

C) High-relief projects only slightly from the background.

D) Elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.

17) What is a characteristic of Minimalist art?

A) It attempts to influence people through images.

B) It favors natural and earth-based materials.

C) It attempts to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves.

D) It conceives of a space and everything in it as a single work of art.

18) ________ was developed by ancient Greeks as a naturalistic pose for sculptures of the human figure.

A) Contrapposto 

B) Terra Cotta 

C) Relief

D) Assemblage

19) What qualities are common in the artwork of Christo and Jeanne-Claude?

A) Installations are temporary and transitory.

B) The works are produced mainly through public funding.

C) The works seek to express the subjective emotions of the artists.

D) The process is kept secret, allowing for a surprising reveal of the finished work.

20) Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are what type of works? 

A) Installations

B) Sculptures in the round

C) Earthworks

D) High-relief sculptures

21) What characteristic can be seen in the sculpture, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)?

A) Contrapposto 

B) High relief

C) Low relief

D) Assemblage

22) What quality is especially pronounced in Pedro de Mena's Ecce Homo?

A) Peace

B) Drama

C) Minimalism

D) Contrapposto 

23) Carved in a broad style of plain surfaces and subtle modeling, Colossal Head is thought to represent ________ rulers.

A) Egyptian

B) Greek

C) Olmec

D) Indian

24) Classify three of the four basic sculptural methods (modeling, assembling, carving, and casting) as additive or subtractive, giving a reason for each of your classifications. Then briefly explain the process of casting. Identify at least one work that illustrates each of these methods of making a sculpture.

25) Compare and contrast the experience of Serpent Mound and Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates. Then indicate your responses to these works and the reasons you respond in these ways. 

26) Define and describe the technique of lost-wax casting. Give an example of a specific work created with this technique and discuss why its artist might have chosen this technique.

27) Discuss at least three different approaches to the sculptural portrayal of the human body by different artists. Include your own assessment of the message each artist sends through the work and how you think his/her medium, processes, and technique affected the success of the work in communicating to the viewer.

28) Explore the concept of impermanent sculpture by discussing an impermanent sculptural work or installation. Discuss the reasoning behind such a work of art and how its impermanence affects its meaning.

29) Why is work created for public spaces often controversial? Illustrate your response with an example from the text. Consider both sides of the controversy. 

30) Analyze Huma Bhabh's sculpture, Athos. From what materials is it made? What sculptural process best describes the work (carving, modeling, casting, or assembling)? Compare the depiction of the human figure in this work, to traditional depictions, as in Menkaure and Khamerernebty.

31) Consider the statues of Menkaure and Khamerernebty and the Burghers of Calais. Describe the medium of each of these works and identify each by artist or culture. Then discuss the similarities and differences in these representations of the human form in relation to the themes of each work and its relationship to the viewer.

32) Discuss Martin Puryear's relationship to the materials he uses in his works. How did his early life shape his attitude towards materials? Choose a work from Puryear, identify the materials used, and analyze how those specific materials contribute to the work's meaning.