Sculpture

Key Vocab Terms

Relief sculpture

A three dimensional image or design whose flat background surface is carved away to a certain depth

"In the round"

Freestanding with all sides shown

Sunken relief

When the image is carved below the original surface of the background

subtractive

A mass that is larger than the finished work, then removing away the mass until the work is finished

Carving is subtractive

Additive

Opposite of subtractive

Terracotta

Cooked earth, type of fired clay, can be glazed

Lost wax process

A metal casting method in which a wax model is melted and lost, leaving a cavity into which molten metal is poured into

Patina

The coloring that may occur on metal sculptures naturally as a result of aging

Statue of liberty

Polychrome

Painted with many colors