Final Flashcards
Free Standing sculpture that can be viewed from all sides.
sculpture in the round
Sculpture (carved panel) created with very little depth.
“low relief” or “bas-relief”
Carved panel where the figures project with a great deal of depth from the background
“high relief”
Statue of a person depicting only his or her head and shoulders
Bust
A sculpting method that removes material to produce a sculptural form
subtractive sculpture
Sculpting process in which the artist builds a form by adding material
additive sculpture
A sculpture made by pouring a liquid into a mold
casting
Framework or skeleton that supports a sculpture
armature
Artwork made of 3D materials including found objects
“mixed media sculpture” or “assemblage art”
Art, usually 3D with moving parts
kinetic art
Horizontal beam supported at each end by vertical posts or a wall
“lintel” or “beam”
Semicircular form supported with colonnades to create great spans
“colonnaded hemicycle” or “semicircular colonnade”
The extension in depth of a single arch by lining up one arch behind another
arcade
A hemisphere, sometimes defined as a continuous arch rotated 360 degrees on its axis
dome
Extending inward from a series of columns, these stone supports help secure the outer walls of a structure
flying butresses
