Foundations of Art and Design

1. Foundations of Art and Design Chapter 3: Shape

2. 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

3. In describing this work would it be more appropriate to use the term Form or Shape? • Form • Shape Fig. 3.1 Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow by Piet Mondrian

4. 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

5. 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: • Form • Shape • Volume • Form and Shape • Form and Volume • Shape and Volume • All of these choices Fig. 3.2 Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B with four Red Squares and Two Planes by Helene Brandt

6. 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

7. When discussing a significant work in architecture, sculpture or 3D is it more accurate to use the term: • Shape • Form • Volume • All of these choices Fig. 3.3 Schroeder House by Gerrit Rietveld

8. The definition of mass is? Fig. 3.4 Pyramids at Giza Fig. 3.5a Louvre Museum by I.M. Pei

9. The definition of mass is: Fig. 3.4 Pyramids at Giza • 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

10. 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

11. In the image Landscape by Mark Tansey is actual mass or implied mass being depicted? • Actual Mass • Implied Mass • Both • Neither Fig. 3.6 Landscape by Mark Tansey

12. Geometric Shapes In the sculpture Untitled by Vincent Fecteau are the forms mainly rectilinear or curvilinear? Fig 3.7 Untitled by Vincent Fecteau

13. Geometric Shapes In the sculpture untitled by Vincent Fecteau are the forms mainly rectilinear or curvilinear? • Rectilinear • Curvilinear Fig 3.7 Untitled by Vincent Fecteau

14. Fig. 3.11 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso Who started Cubism – Pablo Picasso, Braque, both of them, or neither of them?

15. Who started Cubism? • Pablo Picasso • Braque • Both • Neither Fig. 3.11 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso

16. Organic Shapes Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi

17. Organic Shapes in art are shapes which: Organic Shapes • 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 Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi

18. Abstract Shapes Fig. 3.14 Eiffel Tower in Trees by Robert Delaunay

19. The term Abstract may refer to work which is: Abstract Shapes • Nonrepresentational • Nonobjective • Abstracted from reality • All of these choices Fig. 3.14 Eiffel Tower in Trees by Robert Delaunay

20. Nonobjective Shapes Fig. 3.16 Cubi XVIII by David Smith

21. In Fig 3.16 Cubi XVIII by Davis Smith the work is referred to as nonobjective because: • 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 Fig. 3.16 Cubi XVIII by David Smith

22. Amorphous Shapes Fig. 3.19 Before the Caves by Helen Frankenthaler

23. Amorphous means? Amorphous Shapes • “Without shape” • “To change shape” • “More Shape” Fig. 3.19 Before the Caves by Helen Frankenthaler

24. Positive and Negative Shapes Fig. 3.21 Quotation by Vitaly Komar and Aleksandr Melamid

25. Positive and Negative Shapes • Positive shapes • Negative shapes • Both • Neither In Fig. 3.21 Quotation by Vitaly Komar and Aleksandr Melamid, the main shapes are white squares. Would these squares be considered: Fig. 3.21 Quotation by Vitaly Komar and Aleksandr Melamid

26. Figure and Ground Fig. 3.24 Reclining Mother and Child by Henry Moore

27. Figure and Ground • Figure • Ground When discussing sculpture the medium of the sculpture most often provides the Fig. 3.24 Reclining Mother and Child by Henry Moore

28. Figure Ground Reversal What is the figure of Jasper John’s image Spring? Fig. 3.27 Spring by Jasper Johns

29. Figure Ground Reversal • The man • The boy • The rain • All of these • None of these What is the figure of Jasper John’s image Spring? Fig. 3.27 Spring by Jasper Johns

30. The Shaped Canvas Fig. 3.30 Portrait Series by Frank Stella

31. The Shaped Canvas • Yes • No 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? Fig. 3.30 Portrait Series by Frank Stella