INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE
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INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE
Create an expressive freestanding figureResearch figurative sculptures from various cultures and stylistic periods
Make several sketches in notebook
Make a maquette to determine proportion and techniques to achieve desired outcome
Your figure must:
•reflect stylistic influences from your research materials
•convey an emotion (comic – tragic) through stylization – exaggeration, distortion
•be at least 8” tall
•stand without support (balanced)
•be aesthetically interesting/pleasing
•be skillfully constructed reflecting skills, techniques and concepts you have learned in both ceramics courses
•be decorated to enhance the expressive power of the figure
ROMAN PORTRAIT BUST
VENUS DE MELOS, GREEK, c. 130 BC, Marble, 6.5’ High
VENUS OF WILLENDORF, c.20,000BC, stone
WHAT DO FIGURES TELL US ABOUT THE CULTURE THAT PRODUCED THEM?
MYCERINUS AND HIS QUEEN, EGYPT, 4TH DYNASTY c2470 BC, SLATE, 56” HIGH
STYLIZATION
TERRA COTTA ARMY Mausoleum of First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, c 210 BC. Contains c.8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots and over 500 horses
Each figure has a unique face and head. They range from young to old, with different hairstyles and hats.
A poser?
MODIGLIANI
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, MAN WALKING,
c1947, Bronze,70.5’ high
EXAGGERATION
DISTORTION
KIKI SMITH
MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, AGORA, c.2005, 9 ft. high, Bronze
HUMOR, CARICATURE
RED GROOMS
Judith Shea
Your figure MAY:
Incorporate or include other objects, media, materials
Be a head and shoulders (“bust”)
Be headless, limbless, partial figure
CONGO, POWER FIGURE, 19th Century, wood, mixed media, Metropolitan Museum of Art
NOK ritual head, Nigeria Africa, terra cotta, 200 AD (?)
NOK
GLEN PHIFER, HAITIAN VOODOO DOLL, 2000, ceramic
DEBRA FRITTS, ceramic sculpture
TAISTO KAASINEN, 7 Brothers
KARIN SANDER
GASTON LACHAISE
PAUL SMITH
ROSENBAUM
LIZA MEYERS
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