Syllabus Terms

Question 1

Armature

Answer 1

A supporting framework for a form made of clay, plastor, etc.

Question 2

Casting

Answer 2

A reproductive process whereby the form of an object is reproduced in another, generally more durable, material.

Question 3

Clay

Answer 3

A term broadly employed to include the plastic earths and composition clays.

Question 4

Explicit Form/Volume

Answer 4

Matter occupying space.

Question 5

Implicit Form/Volume

Answer 5

Space not occupied by matter, but nevertheless perceived as coherent due to the interaction of surrounding elements of form.

Question 6

Linear

Answer 6

Involved or consisting of lines; looking like a line, narrow and elongated.

Question 7

Maquette

Answer 7

A model (at small scale) for a larger 3 dimensional Form.

Question 8

Mass

Answer 8

The perceived weight or density of an object.

Question 9

Four basic processes of creating 3 dimensional form are:

Answer 9

1) Additive (modeling clay, plastilene.)
2) subtractive (carving stone, wood, ect.)
3) constructive (creating form by joining-fastening, glueing-like or different materials)
4) substitution (casting)

Question 10

Medium (s.); media (p.)

Answer 10

The material/materials used by the artist.

Question 11

Modeling

Answer 11

The act of creating three-dimensional form with a plastic material.

Question 12

Module

Answer 12

A standardized unit intended for use in multiple groupings.

Question 13

Mold

Answer 13

A shell containing a reverse image of a model that serves as a shaping container when filled with a temporarily liquid material and which becomes the cast piece when it has hardened.

Question 14

Monolith

Answer 14

A mass that is solid, not composed of smaller units.

Question 15

Open Form

Answer 15

Three-dimensional form implied by the interaction of elements to form such as line and plane.

Question 16

Plain

Answer 16

That element of form which can be described in two dimensions, and which is predominanatly characterized by surface.

Question 17

Plaster

Answer 17

Gypsum cement that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into solid.

Question 18

Plastic

Answer 18

A material capable of being shaped into desired form by pressure of the hand.

Question 19

Plastilene

Answer 19

Oil-base material with plastic quality similar to clay.

Question 20

Relief

Answer 20

An art form that is graphic in concept but utilizes shallow depth to establish images.

Question 21

Scale

Answer 21

Size relative to other elements within or outside of the object.

Question 22

Sculpture in the round

Answer 22

Free-standing 3-dimensional form designed to be seen from all sides.

Question 23

Separator

Answer 23

Is surfacing material used to prevent sticking or bonding and often used in casting to prevent the casting material from sticking to the mold.

Question 24

Shim

Answer 24

Thin metal used as a spacer for separating mold sections.

Question 25

Texture

Answer 25

Surface features that can be felt with the hand or interpreted with the eye.

Question 26

Three-dimensional

Answer 26

Having length, height, and depth.

Question 27

Undercut

Answer 27

The part of a three-dimensional object or mold that prevents the safe and easy removal of the positive impression or the negative mold.

Question 28

Void

Answer 28

An empty space; and negative area.

Question 29

Volume

Answer 29

Defined or coherent space.

Question 30

Aggregate

Answer 30

The inactive ingredient that is mixed with a cement in making a casting mix, usually for the purpose of increasing strength or bulk.

Question 31

Amorphous

Answer 31

Without definite form; lacking in structure.

Question 32

Axis

Answer 32

A line, explicit or implicit, around which the material that compose an object appears to be organized.

Question 33

Base

Answer 33

A support structure for a three-dimensional form, usually in neutral device unless the artist and intends to make the base an integral part of the artwork.

Question 34

Carving

Answer 34

The act of cutting wood, stone, or other material into form with tools, generally chisels. The term is also used to describe a finished work so fashioned.

Question 35

Cement

Answer 35

A binding or a body-uniting material.

Question 36

Collaboration

Answer 36

A joint effort; the efforts of a group working towards a common goal.

Question 37

Concrete

Answer 37

A mixture of cement, aggregate, and water.

Question 38

Content

Answer 38

The subject matter of a work of art, plus all the intellectual, symbolic, emotional, narrative, thematic, and spiritual values, as opposed to considerations addressed purely to form and technique.

Question 39

Freestanding

Answer 39

Three-dimensional form designed to be seen from all sides including the top and which usually supported so and is not part of or attached to a wall or background.

Question 40

Gesture

Answer 40

The expressive and evocative qualities, often figurative, that result from the arrangement of forms in space.

Question 41

Kinetic

Answer 41

Of or relating to movement.

Question 42

Lamination

Answer 42

Creation of volume through the building up of layers of material, usually glued together.

Question 43

Matte finish

Answer 43

A nonreflecting, dull surface treatment.

Question 44

Monochrome

Answer 44

Employing a single color.

Question 45

Polychrome

Answer 45

Employing many colors.

Question 46

Potential energy

Answer 46

The result of arranging form in such a way as to suggest a possibility of falling or other movement.

Question 47

Process

Answer 47

A series of steps or actions used to bring about a desired result; a series of natural changes by which something passes from one condition to another.

Question 48

Radiation

Answer 48

The quality of form which activates an envelope of space around it.

Question 49

Reflectivity

Answer 49

The quality of surface which turns light back into space.

Question 50

Rhythm

Answer 50

The quality of form which results from regular intervals or repetitions.

Question 51

Symbol

Answer 51

Something that stands for something else; in art, and object or figure not only existing within the work, but also representing an abstraction or an idea.

Question 52

Symmetry

Answer 52

An object which employs identical forms and colors on each side of a central axis to form a mirror image.

Question 53

Tension

Answer 53

A state of strain, stress, or excitement, resulting from form or positioning of forms.

Question 54

Unit

Answer 54

One discrete element regarded as a constituent part of a whole.