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INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE

INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE. Create an expressive freestanding figure Research 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.

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INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE

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  1. INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS: FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE Create an expressive freestanding figure Research 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

  2. 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

  3. ROMAN PORTRAIT BUST

  4. WHAT DO FIGURES TELL US ABOUT THE CULTURE THAT PRODUCED THEM? VENUS OF WILLENDORF, c.20,000BC, stone VENUS DE MELOS, GREEK, c. 130 BC, Marble, 6.5’ High

  5. STYLIZATION MYCERINUS AND HIS QUEEN, EGYPT, 4TH DYNASTY c2470 BC, SLATE, 56” HIGH

  6. 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

  7. Each figure has a unique face and head. They range from young to old, with different hairstyles and hats.

  8. A poser?

  9. MODIGLIANI

  10. EXAGGERATION ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, MAN WALKING, c1947, Bronze,70.5’ high

  11. DISTORTION KIKI SMITH

  12. MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, AGORA, c.2005, 9 ft. high, Bronze

  13. HUMOR, CARICATURE RED GROOMS

  14. Your figure MAY: Incorporate or include other objects, media, materials Be a head and shoulders(“bust”) Be headless, limbless, partial figure Judith Shea

  15. CONGO, POWER FIGURE, 19th Century, wood, mixed media, Metropolitan Museum of Art

  16. NOK ritual head, Nigeria Africa, terra cotta, 200 AD (?)

  17. NOK

  18. GLEN PHIFER, HAITIAN VOODOO DOLL, 2000, ceramic

  19. DEBRA FRITTS, ceramic sculpture

  20. TAISTO KAASINEN, 7 Brothers

  21. KARIN SANDER

  22. GASTON LACHAISE

  23. PAUL SMITH

  24. ROSENBAUM

  25. LIZA MEYERS

  26. Continue looking at figurative sculpture on line

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