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we perceive this as a surface with density. It must have Mass, Density, Takes up space, Weight, Thickness
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Sculpture
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the subject of a sculpture is what?
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Density of Sensa
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Sculptures appeal to the sense of what?
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touch
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Sculptors sometimes put what in thier work to reveal its three-dimensional quality
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Holes
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a successful sculpture appears to be in the same WHAT as the veiwer?
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Space
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the "feeling" of a material, such as rough, smooth, hard, or soft.
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Texture
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Abstract sculptures reveals ____________ of objects and events
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essential qualities
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An example of an abstract sculpture by Jean Arp
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Growth
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A technique of sculpture where pre-formed pieces are attached as by welding
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Assemblage
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a technique of sculture used on non-malleable or hard materials, such as wood or stone
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Carving
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a technique of sculpture where molten (liquid) metal is poured into a mold to form an object. THis is usually not done by the sculptor
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Casting
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grooves or lines are cut into the surface, which remains clearly perceptible.
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Sunken Relief Sculpture
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certian grooves and lines create a shadow effect, which suggest which three things?
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Mass, Weight, and Density
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the deeper the carving, the more ______, _______, and _______.
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mass, weight, and density
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a flat surface is used as the basic organizing plane, with no clear distinctions between the depths and the projections
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Surface Relief Scultpture
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the design on both sides of a coin is an ex of what?
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Surface Relief Sculpture
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the design projects relativly slightly from the background plane.
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Low-Relief Sculpture
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the design projects relatively largely from the background plane.
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High-relief
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it is free from the background plane, and this leads us to wnat to see it from all sides
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Sculpture in the round
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the Pieta by Michelangelo is an ex of what?
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a Sculpture in the Round
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a natural figure is made more beautiful
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Idealized Sculpture
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reveals the machine and or its power
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Machine Sculpture
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machines can be __________, ____________, _____________, ____________?
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dangerous, impossibly complex, destructive, and whimsical.
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the technique of building up a sculpture piece by piece with some plastic or malleable material, such as soft wax or wet plaster or wet clay
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Modeling
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respects the products of technology as wells as its materials, such as a toy radio made of foam rubber and bright red vinyl used in a recreation room.
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Pop Sculpture
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the optimal or best position that gives us the best perception os a work of art
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Privileged Position
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a man-made object is used as a major part or totality of the sculpture
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Ready-made Sculpture
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sculpture where only the base and the stand were the only thing made by the sculptor
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Shovel
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emphasizes spatial relationship but de-emphasizes the materiality (characteristics) of its material.
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Space Sculpture
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stainless steel:
light, airy, fluid and soft |
Brussels Construction
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a design in the earth, where earth is the medium, site and subject matter
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earth sculpture
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revealing the special qualities of a medium by knowledge, love and respect for the material
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Truth to Materials
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the wood is grooved, ridiged, and carved with great expertise
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Maternity Group Figure
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Separate inner and outer spcae in such a way that both become more fully perceptible and interesting
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Architects
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this is the material of the architect, who carves an inner from an outer space
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space
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they must be trained in engineering
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Architects
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to an architect, space is ______ or _______, not empty
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sensory or perceptible
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is an essential part of the subject matter of a building
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architetual Function
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includes having sufficient and easily accessible space to allow people to perform thier mission
Such as: sufficient parking, mide elevators, spacious hallways |
Architetual Function
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the Three Architectural Spatial Requirments
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Technical(has a strong enough floor to support the weight of a grand piano)
Reveletory (gives one standing in the hall an awesome feeling) Functional (is spacious enough to accomnodate large gatherings. |
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a prijecting beam or structure supported at only one end, which is anchored to a pier or wall
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Cantilever
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this technique is made possible by the use of reinforced concrete
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Kaufman house
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An American Architect that created: Kalita Humphrey's Theatre, Gillin Residence, Kaufman House, and Guggenheim Museum
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Frank Lloyed Wright
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the arrangment of things around some paramount thing- the place at which the other things seem to converge
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Centered Space
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a site, either natural or man-made, that draws us in.
ex: a winding walkway that leads to the front door of a house. |
Centered Space
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uses the earth as a platform with the sky as the background, accents neither the earth or the sky, has flat roofs
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Earth-resting Architecture
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Farnswaroth Residence is an ex of what?
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Earth-resting Architecture
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"rules over" the earth with a sense of power and aggression.
Ex: Palazzo Farnese |
Earth-dominating Architecture
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reveals natural materials, often from the local site, has a balance of horizontal and vertical lines
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Earth-rooted architecture
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the Athenian Acropolis and the Kaufman House are ex of what?
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Earth-rooted Architecture
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uses the earth as a platform, draws attention to the sky
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Sky-oriented Architecture
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Rackerfeller center is an example of what?
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sky-oriented Architecture
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chinese-american architect that created Morton H. Meyerson Symphony center, and the East wing of the National Gallery of art in Washigton D.C, Dallas City Hall, Allied Bank in downtown Dallas
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I.M. Pei
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part of an architect's subject matter: picture windows, large garages, spacious rooms, private balaconies
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Values of society
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to overspread with light, intergrates or brings together inner and outer space
ex: skylights, clerestories |
Suffusion of light
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decisions taken by the government to make city life more enjoyable.
ex: Restricting parking, eliminating private transportation, zoned areas for factories, offices and residences. |
Urban Planning
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