IV. Plane and Edge: King Cobra

IV. Plane and Edge

Plane: element of form which can be described in two dimensions, predominantly characterized by surface.

Donald Judd, Foundation

George Rickey, Cluster of Four Cubes

George W. Hart, Geometric sculpture

Kevin Chou, Sofa made of hand woven bamboo balls

Lynn Chadwick, Beast Alerted

Edge: the boundary of a surface.

Alberto Giancometti, Dog

Alessandra Baldereschi, Fil de Fer

Isamu Noguchi, Pylon

Keith Haring, The Boxers

Kiwame Kubo, Evolution

Freestanding/In the Round: sculpture standing alone, usually on a pedestal or base; sculpture not attached to a background or wall.

Berlinde de Bruyckere, We Are All Flesh

Charles Perry, Rondo

Claes Oldenburg, The Spoonbridge

Claus Oldenburg, Corridor Pin

Emily Floyd, Signature Work

Form: the volume and shape of a three-dimensional object.

Berlinde de Bruyckere, In Doubt

Christo, Wrapped Tree

Jean (Hans) Arp, Bell and Navels

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Androgyn III

Max McLintock, L6 Sculpture

Closed form: a relatively solid form with little negative space.

Berlinde de Bruyckere, K37

Jacob Epstein, The Rock Drill

Jacqueline Rush, Jackson's other steed

Sol LeWitt, Tall Irregular Progression

Tom Otterness, Male Capybara

III. Folded Paper: Book

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