Form:

What is form?

• Has volume

• In three dimensions

Volume or mass?

• Closed volume - opacity: solid

• Open volume - has piercings

Geometric form:

• A geometric is a form that can be made up of cubes, pyramids, spheres.

• Typically made with a tool like a compass or a ruler.

Organic form:

• Irregular, unpredictable, unique

• Includes the human figure

• The idea of something being organic can come from the material that was used for it.

Form in relief:

• Something that is projecting from a flat surface - like a wall.

Form in the round:

Sculpture techniques:

• bronze casting

• Stone carving

• Ivory carving

• Modelling in clay

Iconoclasm: the destruction of icons/religious images

Implied form: