1) This module covers 3 chapters, the first explores sculpture and installation, the second covers art pieces meant to play huge roles in daily life and rituals, and the third wraps things up with an exploration of the history of architecture and a curious look at where it’s headed.
Chapter 11 discusses the different types of sculptures; in the round, relief (low and high) and the different techniques with which they are made: modeling, casting, assembling, and carving. In addition to technical aspects of sculpture making, this chapter also covers some of the common subject seen in sculptures, such as the human body. A phenomenal example of this is Quantum Cloud XX (tornado) by Antony Gormley. Stainless steel bars seem to explode around a vaguely …show more content…
Chapter 12 deals with art that’s “made to be touched, to be handled, to be used or worn in daily life or in ritual settings such as religious ceremonies.” (Getlein 263). Additionally, this chapter talks about the materials frequently used to make these special pieces of art like clay, plastic, glass, metal, wood, fiber, ivory, jade, and lacquer. A beautiful and breath taking example of metal artwork is a pair of royal earrings from India found on page 268 of the textbook. I had never before considered earrings artwork, but these pieces of royal jewelry have changed my mind! “The smooth, rectangular, budlike forms were fashioned from hammered gold. The elaborate decoration is made of gold granules, minute spheres of gold, applied in linear designs.” (Getlein 269). These earrings make it hard to question the talent of the goldsmiths that created them, but I do question how they were put on! Finally, chapter 13 takes us through the history of architecture and the structural systems used during their constructions like load-bearing, post and lintel round and point arch and vault, dome, corbeling, cast-iron, balloon frame, steel frame, suspension and cable-stayed, reinforced concrete and more
Chapter 11 discusses the different types of sculptures; in the round, relief (low and high) and the different techniques with which they are made: modeling, casting, assembling, and carving. In addition to technical aspects of sculpture making, this chapter also covers some of the common subject seen in sculptures, such as the human body. A phenomenal example of this is Quantum Cloud XX (tornado) by Antony Gormley. Stainless steel bars seem to explode around a vaguely …show more content…
Chapter 12 deals with art that’s “made to be touched, to be handled, to be used or worn in daily life or in ritual settings such as religious ceremonies.” (Getlein 263). Additionally, this chapter talks about the materials frequently used to make these special pieces of art like clay, plastic, glass, metal, wood, fiber, ivory, jade, and lacquer. A beautiful and breath taking example of metal artwork is a pair of royal earrings from India found on page 268 of the textbook. I had never before considered earrings artwork, but these pieces of royal jewelry have changed my mind! “The smooth, rectangular, budlike forms were fashioned from hammered gold. The elaborate decoration is made of gold granules, minute spheres of gold, applied in linear designs.” (Getlein 269). These earrings make it hard to question the talent of the goldsmiths that created them, but I do question how they were put on! Finally, chapter 13 takes us through the history of architecture and the structural systems used during their constructions like load-bearing, post and lintel round and point arch and vault, dome, corbeling, cast-iron, balloon frame, steel frame, suspension and cable-stayed, reinforced concrete and more