Sculpture Intro What is a sculpture Sculpture is

Sculpture

Intro What is a sculpture?

• Sculpture is three-dimensional art. • Sculpture is created through many different materials and techniques.

What does three-dimensional mean? • The term refers to the three dimensions of space—length, height, and width. • It is a useful way of distinguishing between art such as painting, drawing, and prints, which are two-dimensional (flat), and sculpture, which is three-dimensional. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=fr. Gv. A 29 -M 7 s

Is sculpture always viewed from all sides? • Not all sculptures are carved in the round. • Relief sculptures are carved on one side only, and stand out from a background surface. • Relief panels have been used since ancient times, often to decorate important buildings, such as temples and churches.

How is sculpture made? • Techniques depend upon the materials used. • When carving stone or wood, the sculptor chips away with a hammer and chisel. • When sculpting or modeling, artists may use their hands to shape soft materials. • Casting is usually done by pouring liquid materials in a mold and left to harden to create a strong, permanent sculpture. • Constructing or assembling objects like pieces of wood or cardboard together to create a sculpture • Other techniques include welding metal, molding plastic, glass, or concrete.

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When did sculpture begin? • Sculpture is one of the oldest forms of art • It has been around for thousands of years and has played many different roles in human life: to honor important people or gods, as part of architecture, or as functional objects. • Many sculptures were created so long ago that they did not survive for us to see today

The Earliest Sculpture • The earliest sculptures ever discovered are called Venus Figurines • They are figurines of women with exaggerated anatomy. • They were carved 35, 000 years ago. • The first one was found in 1864. • They were made from bone, clay, or stone. • Some were even carved from mammoth tusks! • Their cultural purpose is unknown, but could be a symbol of fertility.

Textbook Questions 1. Describe 3 purposes of art throughout history. (pg. 243 para. 4) 2. Describe the 4 methods often used for sculpture. (pg. 250 -257 red words: define them!) 3. What does 3 D mean? How is it measured? (pg. 243 para. 2) 4. List the traditional materials used in sculpture. (pg. 244 para. 1) 5. What is a modular sculpture? (pg. 260 para. 1)

Do Now 8/17 What is the difference between a relief sculpture and sculpture in the round?

What kind of sculpture is this?

What material do you think it is made from?

What kind of sculpture is this?

What material do you think it’s made from?

Review the questions from yesterday! 1. Describe 3 purposes of art throughout history. - Express religious themes - Honor important people - Architecture - Practical (useful) objects

Review the questions from yesterday! 2. Describe the 4 methods often used for sculpture. -Assemblage: combining or putting objects together -Modeling: shaping soft material -Carving: taking away material with cutting tools -Casting: liquid materials are poured into a mold -Metalworking: welding and soldering metal material

Review the questions from yesterday! 3. What does 3 D mean? How is it measured? -3 D means three-dimensional -Measured by height, length, and width (or depth)

Review the questions from yesterday! 4. List the traditional materials used in sculpture. -stone -wood -clay -metal -natural materials

Review the questions from yesterday! 5. What is a modular sculpture? -a form used over and over to create a larger form

Types of Art • Realistic: Art that shows a recognizable subject as the eye sees it. Sometimes called “representational. ” • Abstract: Art based on a subject you can identify, but some details are left out. • Non-objective: Art that does not resemble a recognizable subject. Sometimes called “non-representational. ”

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Is this sculpture realistic, abstract, or non-objective? STONE

Is this sculpture realistic, abstract, or non-objective? WAX

Is this sculpture realistic, abstract, or non-objective? BRONZE

Is this sculpture realistic, abstract, or non-objective? STEEL

Is this sculpture realistic, abstract, or non-objective? BONE

Reading assignment • A long time ago people didn’t have cameras so realistic paintings were very important. • Read how abstract artwork came to be • Answer the questions on a separate piece of paper • #1 -8 multiple choice • #9 short answer LIST TWO REASONS • #10 Extra Credit

Do now 8/21 What is the difference between abstract and non-representational?

Review

Quiz using Plickers

Quiz on abstract art! • After you receive your “Plicker” check to make sure you have the right number. • Read the multiple choice question to yourself and hold up the “Plicker” so that the correct letter is facing up. • Make sure your finger is not in the way. • Make sure it is not at a diagonal. • Face the scanner.