Transcript Abstract Ceramic Sculpture

Non-objective
Ceramic Sculpture
Vocabulary
Sculpture ~ The art or practice of
shaping figures or designs or in-theround or in relief, as by chiseling marble,
modeling clay, or casting in metal.
In-the-round (also called freestanding)
sculpture ~ three-dimensional work of art
that is surrounded on all sides by negative
space.
Michelangelo’s David is an example of a freestanding
or in-the-round sculpture.
It is meant to be viewed from all sides
Relief sculpture ~ a work of art in which
forms project from a flat surface.
There are two kinds of relief sculpture:
• Bas-relief or low relief, in which forms project
only slightly from the background. These are
often used in architectural ornamentation and
to decorate coins.
• High relief, in which forms extend further out
into space. In high relief, because forms
project out into space, cast shadows become
an important part of the sculpture.
Bas-relief
Louise Nevelson’s Moontide is an
example of high relief
Kinetic sculpture ~ sculpture that actually moves
in space due to natural forces, mechanics or
electricity
George Rickey’s One
Up One Down
Oblique -Variation III
is an example of
kinetic sculpture
Vocabulary continued
Non-objective art - Artworks having no
recognizable subject matter
The thick application of glaze is a notable
characteristic of this non-objective piece.
Repetition of
geometric forms
give this relief
sculpture both
unity and
variety.
Torch Song by
Susan Budge
Keyhole by
Peter Callas
Untitled Sculpture by Paul Soldner
Delphi by
Carolyn Judson
Curtain of Dream by Isamu Noguchi
Design for Blue V1
by Gabriel Marquez
Object 011 by
Jean Louis Frenk
The Shape of War
& Peace
by Ken Turner