Foundations of Art and Design
Chapter 3: Shape
In describing this
work would it be
more appropriate
to use the term
Form or Shape?
Fig. 3.1 Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow by Piet Mondrian
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In describing this work
would it be more
appropriate to use the
term Form or Shape?
1. Form
2. Shape
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Fig. 3.1 Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow
by Piet Mondrian
In the work Mondrian
Variations,
Construction No. 3B
with four Red Squares
and Two Planes by
Helene Brandt the
piece creates shadows
on the wall. When
discussing this piece
what term would you
be more likely to use?
Fig. 3.2 Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B with four Red Squares and Two
Planes by Helene Brandt
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In the work Mondrian Variations,
Construction No. 3B with four Red
Squares and Two Planes by Helene
Brandt the piece creates shadows on
the wall. When discussing this piece
would you be more likely to use the
term:
1.
Form
2.
Shape
3.
Volume
4.
Form and Shape
5.
Form and Volume
6.
Shape and Volume
Fig. 3.2 Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B
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All of these choices
with four Red Squares and Two Planes by Helene
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Brandt
Volume
When discussing a
significant work in
architecture,
sculpture or 3D is it
more accurate to use
the term Shape,
Form, Volume, or all
of these terms?
Fig. 3.3 Schroeder House by Gerrit Rietveld
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When discussing a
significant work in
architecture, sculpture or
3D is it more accurate to
use the term:
1. Shape
2. Form
3. Volume
4. All of these choices
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Fig. 3.3 Schroeder
House by3 Gerrit Rietveld
The definition of mass is?
Fig. 3.4 Pyramids at Giza
Fig. 3.5a Louvre Museum by I.M. Pei
Fig. 3.4 Pyramids at Giza
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The definition of
mass is:
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3.
The amount of force it would
require to move an object.
The bulk of an object.
Both the amount of force it
would require to move an
object and the bulk of an
object.
Fig. 3.5a Louvre Museum by I.M. Pei
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Actual Mass vs. Implied Mass
In the image Landscape by Mark Tansey is
actual mass or implied mass being
depicted?
Fig. 3.6 Landscape by Mark Tansey
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In the image Landscape by
Mark Tansey is actual mass
or implied mass being
depicted?
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2.
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Fig. 3.6 Landscape by Mark Tansey
Actual Mass
Implied Mass
Both
Neither
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Geometric Shapes
In the sculpture
Untitled by
Vincent Fecteau
are the forms
mainly rectilinear
or curvilinear?
Fig 3.7 Untitled by Vincent Fecteau
Geometric Shapes
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In the sculpture untitled
by Vincent Fecteau are
the forms mainly
rectilinear or curvilinear?
1. Rectilinear
2. Curvilinear
Fig 3.7 Untitled by Vincent Fecteau
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Who started Cubism
– Pablo Picasso,
Braque, both of
them, or neither
of them?
Fig. 3.11 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
by Pablo Picasso
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Who started
Cubism?
Pablo Picasso
2. Braque
3. Both
4. Neither
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Fig. 3.11 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
by Pablo Picasso
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Organic Shapes
Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi
Organic Shapes
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Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi
Organic Shapes in art
are shapes which:
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2.
3.
4.
Are derived from things
found in nature
Suggest growth and
movement
Both of these
Neither of these
Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi
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Abstract Shapes
Fig. 3.14 Eiffel Tower in Trees
by Robert Delaunay
Abstract Shapes
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The term Abstract may
refer to work which is:
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4.
Nonrepresentational
Nonobjective
Abstracted from reality
All of these choices
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Fig. 3.14
2 Eiffel Tower
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by Robert Delaunay
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Nonobjective Shapes
Fig. 3.16 Cubi XVIII by David Smith
In Fig 3.16 Cubi XVIII by Davis Smith the work is
referred to as nonobjective because:
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The work is a form of
abstraction that does not begin
with an object or something
visible
It represents nothing other than
shape
It has no objective
Both the work is a form of
abstraction that does not begin
with an object or something
visible; and it represents
nothing other than shape
None of these
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Amorphous Shapes
Fig. 3.19 Before the Caves by
Helen Frankenthaler
Amorphous Shapes
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Amorphous
means?
“Without shape”
2. “To change shape”
3. “More Shape”
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Fig. 3.19 Before the Caves by Helen
Frankenthaler
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Positive and Negative Shapes
Fig. 3.21 Quotation by Vitaly Komar
and Aleksandr Melamid
Positive and Negative Shapes
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In Fig. 3.21 Quotation by
Vitaly Komar and Aleksandr
Melamid, the main shapes
are white squares. Would
these squares be considered:
1. Positive shapes
2. Negative shapes
3. Both
4. Neither
Fig.
by Vitaly
Komar
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and Aleksandr Melamid
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Figure and Ground
Fig. 3.24 Reclining Mother and Child by Henry Moore
Figure and Ground
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When discussing
sculpture the
medium of the
sculpture most
often provides the
Figure
2. Ground
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Fig. 3.24 Reclining Mother and Child
by Henry Moore
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Figure Ground Reversal
What is the figure of
Jasper John’s
image Spring?
Fig. 3.27 Spring by Jasper Johns
Figure Ground Reversal
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What is the figure of
Jasper John’s image
Spring?
1. The man
2. The boy
3. The rain
4. All of these
5. None of these
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Fig.
by Jasper
Johns
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The Shaped Canvas
Fig. 3.30 Portrait Series by Frank Stella
The Shaped Canvas
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Discussion Question
In 1965 the Soloman R.
Guggenheim Museum featured a
show entitled “The Shaped
Canvas.” This show challenged the
notion that all paintings must be on
a rectangular canvas. Do you feel
that this show was influential and
important to the development of
modern art?
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Fig. 3.30 Portrait Series by Frank Stella
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