Sunday, February 20, 2011

IV:PLANE AND EDGE

Planeany flat or level surface

Robert Morris - Untitled(pink felt)

Robert Morris - Untitled

Robert Morris - VETTI III

Lucio Fontana - Concetto Spaziale Attesa

Robert Morris - Untitled(Corner Piece)



Edgethe outside limit of an object

Megdalena Abakanowicz -  Black Environment

Robert Morris - Labyrinth

Louise Bourgeois - Untitled 

Natalia Pintado - City of Thousand 

Konstantin Grici - Cubist Sidetable


Freestanding/In the Round - Sculpture that is surrounded on all sides, except the base, by space.

Christopher Gowell - Exotica


Max Bill - Whole 1

Tom Otterness - Coqui

Tom Otterness - Millipede

Tom Otterness - Immigrant Family



Form - describes the overall shape or mass of the 3d sculpture or object


Dan Zaretzky - Bull

Steven Jensen - Compass 

Pablo Picasso - Head

Pablo Picasso - Guitar

Dennis Oppenheim - Martian Rock with Tunnel



Closed Form - a self contained or limited form; having resolved balance of tensions, a sense of calm completeness implying a totality within itself


Jane Cloutier - Paper Sculpture 

Christo - Wrapped Package 

Christo - Dolly

Megdalena Abakanowicz - Brown Abakans

Christo & Jeanne Claude -  wrapped monument to Leonardo da vinci piazza scala





III. FROM FLAT MATERIAL TO VOLUME - Altered Books






Tuesday, February 1, 2011

III. FROM FLAT MATERIAL TO VOLUME


Low Relief - is a sculpture in which the figures project only a little bit from the background.


Penny Brogden - Beavers

 Donna Dobberfuhl - Interactive Learning

Penny Brogden - Mermaid with Fish

Palette of Naram-Sin

Donatello - The Feast of Herod


High Relief - is a sculpture in which the figures project from the background at least half of their depth or more.
Chidi Okoye - Lolo mask

Chidi Okoye - Mama4

 Felix Peano - The Fight Over the Horn of Plenty

Bill Mack - Desiree

Bill Mack - Melody


Primary contours - are lines outlining the subject or piece.






Roxy Paine - Maelstromby


Ian Shipton - People Flower Sculptures

Ian Shipton - The Thoughtful Circle



Secondary Contours - are lines, which deviate from the outline, providing information about the volume and mass of the object.


Katarzyna Kobro




Michael Shaw

Volume - is the amount of 3 dimensional space, occupied by the object.


Rachel Whiteread - Embankment

Unknown - Massive Amount of Hula-Hoops

Dennis Oppenheim - Bus home


Estatua de Bronce de Atlas

Anish Kapoor - Bean sculpture


Activated Space - is space from which an individual interacts with on a daily basis.


Nancy Rubins - Big Edge

Robert Morris - Untitled

Robert Morris - Untitled(pink felt)

Megdalena Abakanowicz - Black Environment


Sparkflight - Coffee Man