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arch
a cruved structure designed to span an opening, usually made of stone or other masonry. Roman arches are semicircular; Islamic and Gothic arches come to a point at the top. TERM 2
Carving
DEFINITION 2 A subtractive process in which a sculpture is formed by removing material from a block or mass of wood, stone, or other material, with the use of sharpened tools TERM 3
Assemblage
DEFINITION 3 sculpture made by assembling found or cast-off objects that may or may not contricute their original identities to the total content of the work TERM 4
Arcade
DEFINITION 4 A series of arches supported by columns or piers. Also, a covered passageway between tow series of arches, or between a series of arches and a wall TERM 5
balloon
frame
DEFINITION 5 A wooden structual support system developed in the United States in the middle nineteenth century in which standardized, thin studs are held together with nails
Cantilever
A beam or slab projecting a substanatial distance beyond its supporting post or wall a projection supported only at one end TERM 7
Casting
DEFINITION 7 manufacturing process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. TERM 8
Ceramics
DEFINITION 8 Clay hardened into a relatively permanent material by firing, and the art form that includes this procedure. TERM 9
Dome
DEFINITION 9 A generally hemispherical rood or vault, theoretically, an arch rotates 180 degrees on its vertical axis TERM 10
Earthworks
DEFINITION 10 Sculptural forms made from earth, rocks, or sometimes plants, often on a vast scale and in remote locations. Some are deliberately impermanent
International Style
An architectural style that emerged in several european countries between 1910 and 1920, Unternational style architects avoided apllide decoration, used only modern materials, and aranged the masses of a building according to its inner uses TERM 17
Keystone
DEFINITION 17 The stone at the central, highest point of a round arch, whichjolds the rest of the arch in place TERM 18
Kiln
DEFINITION 18 A high- temperature oven in which pottery or ceramic ware is fired TERM 19
Lost wax
DEFINITION 19 A casting method. First, a model is made from wax and encased in clay or casting plaster. when the clay is fired to make a mold, the wax melts away, leaving a void that can be filled with molten metal or other self hardening liquid to produce a cast` TERM 20
low relief
DEFINITION 20 Sculpture in relief inw hich the subjects emerge only slightly from the surface. No undercutting is present
Modeling
Working pliable material such as clay or wa into three- dimensional forms. In drawing or painting the effect of light falling on a three dimensional objext so that the illusion of its mass is created and defined by value graduations TERM 22
Post and beam
DEFINITION 22 In architecture, a structural system that uses two or more uprughts or posts to support a horizontal beam that spans the space between them TERM 23
Potter
DEFINITION 23 A ceramist who specialized in making dishes TERM 24
Reinforced concrete
DEFINITION 24 Concrete with steel mesh or bars embedded in it to increase its tensile strength TERM 25
Site specific
art
DEFINITION 25 Any work made for a certain place, which cannot be seperated or echibited apart from its intended environment
