WorksheetsAdditive Sculpture (Architectural Letters)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Architectural Letter Sculpture project is inspired by the work of what artist?
Pablo Picasso
Robert Indiana
Gustav Klimt
Wassily Kandinsky
What was the ultimate goal of our inspiration artist who created the LOVE Sculpture?
He wanted to become famous for his work.
He wanted to donate his work to charity.
He wanted to spread love with his work.
He just created it to make money for his family.
True or False: Our inspiration artist worked in an art movement that involves popular and mass culture such as advertising, comic books and mundane mass-produced objects. This movement is known as Pop Art.
True
False
This unit was focused on architecture. What does this involve?
building and constructing structures
planning and designing advertisements
designing and using technology
painting large-scale murals
Our Architectural Letter Sculpture acts as a three-dimensional self-portrait. What does this mean in the context of the requirements of this project?
It must contain a realistic, representational drawing or painting of your face, just like you see in famous artworks like the Mona Lisa.
It should contain decorative elements such as images or objects that represent your identity, interests, or personality.
It must showcase stories or memories from your childhood, just like our inspiration artist did with the colors of his original sculpture.
Everyone will be able to tell that it is your project because you will put printed photos of yourself and your life all over it in collage format.
To create a sturdy and balanced structure, our letter templates needed to be congruent.
True or False: In the image shown, triangles C and D are congruent shapes.
True
False
To construct our letters, we needed to construct an armature on which to build our letter. An armature is like what part of the body?
skeleton
muscles
veins
skin
"Papier-mâché" is a French term literally translating to what?
folded paper
wet paper
chewed-up paper
sticky paper
True or False: Papier-mâché is used only for modern-day arts & crafts and has no historical or practical uses.
True
False
True or False: Our Architectural Letter Sculpture required a central idea or message in its decoration. This is known as a theme.
True
False
True or False: The LOVE Sculpture is used in other areas of the world and has inspired the design of other objects such as postage stamps, political campaign posters, and T-shirts found in gift shops.
True
False
With what subject matter was our inspiration artist fascinated with and included in much of his artwork?
nature and animals
words, letters, and numbers
mythology
religious themes
True or False: The colors of the original LOVE Sculpture (red, green, and blue) were inspired by the artist's favorite childhood story that was read to him every night.
True
False
Why is it important to tape all gaps shut and allow newspaper to dry thoroughly between your layers of papier-mâché? What could happen if you don’t do this?
It can grow mold.
It will get all lumpy.
It will crush the letter.
It will make the sculpture un-balanced.
Which of the following is true of our inspiration artist's childhood?
His teacher noticed that he had a knack for sports.
He moved often and lived in several different houses.
He was born in Hawaii.
He had 12 siblings.
