Tuesday, February 15, 2011

III. Folded Paper

Low relief: a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background.

Galit Begas, Foot prints

Kathy DeRosas, Absence Presense

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Abakan Red

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Iron Heads

Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Osemka II


High relief: a sculptural relief in which forms extend greatly from the background.

Judy Chicago, Ceramic Goddess #3


Judy Chicago, detail of the Plate for Virginia Woolf in the Dinner Party

Kathy Kelley, Unknown Title

Louise Bourgeois, Seven in a Bed

Tom Otterness, Large Covered Wagon

Primary Contours: the outer edges of a physical object.

Cridler, Game study

Dan Zaretzky, Bull

Eduardo Chillida, Eulogy to the Horizon

George Rickey, Four lines in a T

Max Ernst, Capricon


Secondary Contours: the inner edges of a physical object.

George Hart, Dragon flies

George Hart, Roads Untaken

Jaume Plensa, La Grande Nomade

Ophir Zak, Between the Lines

Pile Chair, Shir Atar


Volume: the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.

David Fried, Stemmers

Erwin Wurm, Fat Car

Madgalena Abakanowicz,Embrology

Pablo Picasso, Pregnant Woman

Tom Otterness, 35-Mad Mom


Activated Space: the space controlled or energized by a sculpture.

Alexander Calder, Flamingo

Andy Vogt, Crescita

Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate

Nancy Graves, Camels

Sol LeWitt, Splotch No. 15