Lesson 1
Vocabulary

 

Copper: a name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulfides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. [Sulfide: a binary compound of sulfur with a metal.]

Freedom: the state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints.

Liberty: the state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.

Monument: a building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument; a tomb with memorial inscriptions.

Repousse:  a technique for creating sculptural forms by hammering sheet metal inside molds.

Scale: scale in an image, artwork, or sculpture acts to show relations between objects. Rather than measuring weight, however, visual scale deals with apparent relative size of objects.

Sculpture: the art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures of people, or other things whether in plastic or hard materials; carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.

Shape: an element of art, it is an enclosed space defined and determined by other art

elements such as line, color, value, and texture.

Statue: the likeness of a living being, animal, or other object sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax.

Style: an artist's characteristic manner of expression; works of art by different

artists may have certain features in common; have a group style.

Symbol/Symbolism: a visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea, quality, or another thing by resemblance or by convention; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.