Key Terms

Vocabulary Review

The terms or "key words" related to each are presented here as reminders. However, the terms are not in alphabetical order as in the textbook but are presented in groupings or paired opposites. It is hoped that this will help to see the greater relationship between terms and their application. For the complete meaning of the term please review the definition given in the AF text.

The Vocabulary of the Third Dimension

Three-dimensional: "To possess or to create the illusion of possessing the dimension of depth in addition to the dimensions of height and width. "

sculpture
relief sculpture
low relief
high relief

Contemporary applications of sculpture:

mobile
installations

Methods of creating sculpture:

addition
subtraction
glyptic
substitution
casting
manipulation
modeling
tectonic
atectonic
mass(third dimension)
volume (third dimension)
void

Bauhaus

patina

silhouette
shape (third dimension)

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