1BGU A - REVIEW #1

Sculpture is

• an artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects.

• art forms that involve modeling or molding

• the art and technology of motion-picture photography

Sunk relief is...

• found almost exclusively in ancient Egyptian sculpture in which the carving is sunk below the level of the surrounding surface.

• relied that is created by having an image carved up above the surface of the sculpture

Bas relief is...

• characterized by figures that are only slightly raised from the surface of the background

• Carving in which the depth of the relief is halfway between that of high relief and low relief

High relief is...

• when the figures in the sculpture are dramatically raised from the background

• having an image carved down below the surface

Sculptural representation that is standing.

• PEDENTE

• CONTRAPPOSTO

A human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot

• CONTRAPPOSTO

• STANDING POSE

It is the contrapposto pose plus raising your arm and your index finger.

• ADLOCUTIO

• SERPENTINE

They typically represent the deceased in a state of "eternal repose".

• TOMB EFFIGY

• SITTING POSE

It describes a statue of a rider mounted on a horse.

• TOMB EFFIGY

• BUST

• SITTING POSE

It is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest

• BUST

• PRAYING HAND