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Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________.


A) artificial; ephemeral
B) natural; permanent
C) artificial; permanent
D) natural; ephemeral
E) imaginary; conceptual

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are known as


A) installations.
B) sculptures in the round.
C) lost-wax moldings.
D) earthworks.
E) high relief sculptures.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The sculpture, The Dying Slave, employing the contrapposto stance, was created by which artist?


A) Kiki Smith
B) Michelangelo
C) Rodin
D) Martin Puryear
E) Petah Coyne

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Fired clay is sometimes called


A) pewter.
B) haut relief.
C) rococo.
D) ceramic.
E) terra cotta.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Carved in a broad style of plain surfaces and subtle modeling, Colossal Head is thought to represent ________ rulers.


A) Egyptian
B) Greek
C) Italian
D) Olmec
E) Indian

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Casting is known as ________ method.


A) a subtractive
B) an additive
C) an indirect
D) an assemblage
E) a modeling

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Considering the following two works, discuss the similarities and differences in the artists' treatments of their subjects: Lysippus, Apoxyomenos (Scraper) and Michelangelo, Dying Slave. Explain the connections between the two that relate to both form and content.

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Apoxyomenos (Scraper) is a Roman copy of...

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Sculptors will often create a "sketch" out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice.


A) fresco
B) clay
C) bronze
D) gilding
E) All these answers are correct.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

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The ________ process dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C.E.


A) gilding
B) subtractive
C) lost-wax
D) bas-relief
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture.


A) Contrapposto
B) Cire perdue
C) Collage
D) In-the-round
E) Assemblage

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Relief sculpture is


A) not meant to be viewed in the round.
B) not finished on all sides.
C) often used to decorate architecture.
D) all of these: not meant to be viewed in the round, not finished on all sides, and often used to decorate architecture.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Minimalists


A) did not believe in trying to influence people through images.
B) favored industrial and construction materials.
C) attempted to offer a pure experience by letting the materials they used speak for themselves.
D) All of these are the case: They did not believe in trying to influence people through images; they favored industrial and construction materials; and they attempted to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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The carving method


A) is more aggressive than modeling.
B) is more direct than casting.
C) is a subtractive process.
D) is all of these: a subtractive process, more aggressive than modeling, and more direct than casting.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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