S c u l p t u r e

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1 . The period during which this sculpture was made.

What is the Renaissance? - CORRECT
Michelangelo is one of the great artists of the Renaissance-- one of the greatest sculptors of all time. This tomb exhibits the influence of ancient classical models-- a trait typical of works of this period.

What is the Baroque?

What is Modern?

What is Pre-Columbian?

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Tomb of Giuliano de'Medici, 1526-1534, marble, San Lorenzo, Cappella Medicea, Florence. In the niche is the statue of Giuliano Duke of Nemours who died in 1561. Below this, reclining on Giuliano's sarcophagus, are sculptures of Night (Notte) and Day (Giorno).

 

 

 

2 . The millenium during which this sculpture was made.

What is the first millenium BC?

What is the second millenium BC?

What is the third millenium BC? - CORRECT
The first millenium BC was 1000 - 1 BC, the second millenium was 2000 - 1001 BC, the third millenium was 3000 - 2001 BC.

What is the twenty-fourth millenium BC?

Egypt, Seated Scribe, 2600 to 2400 BC, painted limestone, eyes inlaid with rock crystal and alabaster, circled with copper, 53.7 x 44 cm, Louvre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 . The subject of this abstract sculpture.

What is a building?

What is a woman's head?

What is a cannon?

What is a bird? - CORRECT
Its head held high, this marble abstract bird soars in space.

Constantin Brancusi (Romanian, 1876-1957), Bird in Space, 1923, marble, (with base) 56 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (144.1 x 16.5 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

 

 

 

 

 

4 . Some of the equipment the sculptor used to make this sculpture.

What is a gluestick and rubberbands?

What is a ruler and a cutting edge? - CORRECT
This is a construction of the sort of sheet-metal often used industrially for things like air-ducts.

What is a modeling-tool and a compass?

What is a mallet and chisels?

Donald Judd (American, 1928-1994), Untitled,1975, [50 k,] galvanized iron, 10 units, each unit 9 x 40 x 31 inches.

 

 

 

 

5 . The culture in which this sculpture was produced.

What is African? - CORRECT
This ivory carving probably represents a member of the royal family of the Nigerian capitol of Benin.

What is Austrian Art Nouveau?

What is French Gothic?

What is Chinese?

Nigerian, Edo, Court of Benin, Pendant Mask: Iyoba, early 16th century, ivory, iron, and copper, height 9 3/8 inches (23.8 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

 

 

 

 

6 . The formal element the sculptor thought was most important in this sculpture.

What is texture?

What is color?

What is line? - CORRECT!
This sculpture's vertical linearity is one of its most dominant aspects.

What is value?

Louise Bourgeois (French-American, 1911-), Observer, 1947-49, bronze with white paint, 76 1/4 x 29 x 10 1/8 inches, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, U of Nebraska, Lincoln.

 

 

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