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- elaborate floral designs
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- thicker & shorter (sturdier)
- least decorated of the 3 |
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| - hardest type used in the sculpture field |
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| - the process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen and reduce the tendency to break |
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| - something that supports a sculpture, a skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay, wax & plaster figure is constructed |
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| - a type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms, often "found" object |
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- predominant art form of Mesopotamia
- pictured the king's personal courage during hunting expeditions |
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| - a flat plaster of paris block for drying clay |
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- cutting at an angle when creating low reliefs
-prehistorica carvers |
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| - preliminary firing that is done to harden the piece before glazing & glaze firing |
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| - clay in which all the moisture has dried out |
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| - a form of pottery treatment in which the surface of the pot is polished |
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| - the architectural supports used to support vaults when building walls |
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| - measuring tool for checking symmetry and fitting lids to pots |
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| - a subtractive mthod of sculpture, taking aways wood or stone |
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- to pour clay slip into plaster molds
- allows mass production of one form |
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| - any object made of clay & fired |
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| - a natural, earthly material that retains its shape and hardens when fired |
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| - stick similar to a batten or ruler for paddling coil-built clay for bases |
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| - a method of creating pots by building bottom and walls with even, rope-like coils |
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| - designs that are transferred to ware before firing; ofter used in china decorating |
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- low-fire pottery (below 2000 degrees), a natural clay, usually tan or red in color but can also be white
- when fired to its' maturing temperature the body is still porous and will not hold liquid unless glazed |
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| - low-fire, self-glazing body fires to a gloss or crackle finish |
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| - silk or natural sponge for smoothing and moistening |
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- a prepared slip which is half way between a glaze and clay, it's applied to pottery before firing
- a glaze made of clay diluted with water that is painted on greenware |
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| - a tool that produces specific shapes when clay(malleable material) is forced through a hollow tube |
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- highly refractory(withstand high temp.) secondary clays found near coal seams
- fires to a buff color & can be used on its own/added to other clays to form a workable body
- also fired & ground into particles to form most types of grog |
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| - an insulation brick used to hold the heat in the kiln withstanding high temperatures |
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- making clay products permanent through baking at high temperatures in a kiln
- the process of increasing the temperature in a kiln until desired temperature is reached, effecting a chemical change in the clay body |
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| - liquid glass that melts and bonds to clay through the heat of the kiln |
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- added to plaster it retards the drying process, giving the plaster a longer working time
- added to water it produces a gelatinous solution which forms the binder for gesso |
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- a creamy paste of cement mixed with water
- makes up the first coat applied to a mold to make a hollow cast concrete sculpture |
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| - burin, a tool that is used for engraving metal, wood, or stone |
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| - a clay work that are airdried, but not yet fired |
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- a ceramic material, usually clay, that has been heated to a high temp. before use.
- usually added to clay to lessen warping & increase its resistance to thermal shock |
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- hard, dense firebrick used only in high-stress areas of kiln
- withstand very high temperatures range BUT for purpose they have very low thermal conductivity and don’t absorb the heat well at all |
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| ideal proportions of Greek statues represented |
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| - perfection of body (through athletic endeavor) & mind (through intellectual debate) |
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| - a technique where one makes a mark by adding pressure |
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| - a technique where one cuts into clay |
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- softbrick, porous能渗透的 firebrick with insulating隔热的 values much higher than hardbrick
- Insulating fire bricks are soft and light in weight, light brown to white |
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| - an oven that can reach extreme temperatures necessary to harden clay and melt glazes |
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| - the shelves, posts, and stilts placed inside the kiln to hold pottery while firing |
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| - fire proof curtain on three-fold aluminum frame for screening off the kiln |
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| - as sculptural constructions, having movable parts activated by motor, wind, hand pressure, or other direct means |
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| - the state where the clay has dried enough to be handled without distorting the shape yet add additions such as handles can be attached, clay is cool and moist, but can hold its shape. |
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- or casting is an ancient process dating back thousands of years to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome
- still the best method for capturing |
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| mixing proportional ratio for plaster |
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| - 1 quart of water & 5 pounds of plaster |
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| - a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft, made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and aliphatic acids, it can irritate skin. |
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| - a ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures, the finest of all ceramic |
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| primary colors of the two typles of air-hardening clay, claystone & boneware |
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| - a firing technique in which pots are placed directly into a hot kiln & removed when red-hot. |
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| - insufficient air is supplied to the kiln chamber, produces incomplete combustion of the fuel, causing the oxides to change colors |
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| - a sculpture in which figures or forms project from a flat surface |
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| - process of incising shallow grooves into surface wet or leather hard clay in cross-hatch pattern before applying slurry & joining pieces |
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| sculptor Moore used what for inspiration? |
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| - early phase of Classical sculpture characterized by reserved, remote expressions |
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| - scratching throguh one layer of clay, slip or glaze to reveal color underneath |
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- large flat piece of clay formed by rolling or throwing
- clay evenly rolled and formed by draping or joining |
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- liquid clay
- clay diluted with water to the consistency as cream; used for joining or as a engobe |
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| - special clay knife used to cut or score |
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- sturdier than earthware, waterproof even without being glazed
- gray, reddish, or tan clay that has been high fired |
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| storage of fragile sculpture |
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- in glass-paneled cases
- the best way, viewer can see the work as well |
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| - a compound added to white clay |
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| - an iron-bearing earthenware clay that matures at a low temperature & fires to an earth-red color |
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| the sculptural process in which liquid is poured into a mold, where it hardens |
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| - creating vessel on potters wheel |
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| - wooden, wedge shaped tools for smoothing |
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| tools to be used in creating wood sculpture |
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- rasp (粗锉刀)
- gouge (圆凿）
- lathe （机床）：machine tool for shaping metal or wood |
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| two main types of foam plastic for sculpture? |
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- polystyrene
- polyurethane |
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| - stoneware, earthen, terracotta, porcelain |
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| - colors that can be painted on greenware that will show through a clear glaze |
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| - the application of melting wax to the foot or body of a clay object to resist the glaze |
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| - a process similiar to kneading dough, it loosens the clay circulating its moisure throughout |
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| what is African Benin Sculpture made out of? |
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| why do you wedge the clay |
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| - to loosen clay & circulate the moisture throughout |
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| - glazes should be rinsed in special basins which catch the sediments prior to entering the drain |
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| - liquid glass that mels and bonds to clay thru heat |
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