Module 8 - Three Dimensional Media

PRACTICE TEST - ANSWERS

QUESTIONS

What are the two basic processes used in creating sculpture? Give an example of each, with links or an image to support your answers.
What is the difference between free standing and relief sculpture?
Define the four methods used in sculpture. Give examples of each one, with a link or image to support your answers.
What is installation? How does it change the context of sculpture?
How does performance art change the context of three-dimensional media?
We see evidence of the invention of new technologies in the art historical record of three-dimensional artworks. Give four examples of this evidence and an image or link to an image in support of your answers.

ANSWERS

Free standing allows the viewer to walk completely around the work. Relief sculpture has a surface raised from a solid backing material.
Additive: example = assemblage Subtractive: example = wood carving
Carving: wood sculpture Modeling: ceramic sculpture Casting: bronze sculpture Assemblage: mixed media sculpture
In performance art the artist becomes part of the work itself through movement, speech or gesture.
Stone carving bronze casting cut and welded metal electronic media
Installation is is an artwork made up of various objects that involve an entire space: interior room, exterior space or a combination of both. Often site-specific, installations can include both two and three-dimensional media, including sculpture, sound and projected images.