ARTS 1200: 3D Approaches Homework Help-Instead of being an “envelope or negative spatial reflection” of the body, what did sculpture do instead (at least before the 20th century)?

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ARTS 1200: 3D Approaches Homework Help-Instead of being an “envelope or negative spatial reflection” of the body, what did sculpture do instead (at least before the 20th century)?

ARTS 1200: 3D Approaches                                                                     Sarah Gjertson        

Spring 2018

 

“A Theory of Craft: Function and Aesthetic Expression” by Howard Risatti Questions from Chapter 12, “Hand and Body in Relation to Fine Art”

                                 

Please type answers into this document, print and turn in next class.

 

  1. There are similarities in between craft objects and fine art in their commonality   

         of being made by hand. What shift happened around the Renaissance?

 

 

 

  1. Instead of being an “envelope or negative spatial reflection” of the body, what did

      sculpture do instead (at least before the 20th century)?

 

 

 

  1. Figurative sculptures, then, had a form of agency and functioned for other means.

      For example, why was Michelangelo’s David moved?

 

 

 

 

  1. What other potency do figurative sculptures have, starting at a neurophysiological

      level?

 

 

 

  1. How does Tony Smith’s “Die” relate directly to the body, and to what iconic image

      does its proportions reference?

 

 

 

  1. Why are head and bust sculptures placed on pedestals?

 

 

 

  1. What do we project onto figurative sculpture? What do they reflect back on us?

 

 

 

  1. At the end of the article, what does the author suggest, in simple terms, is the

      difference between craft objects and sculpture?

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