Definitions and Images: III - V

iii. Volume & Mass: Skin Project 
Volume: the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container
Weight: a body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing
Gravity: the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
Presence: the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing
Absence: the nonexistence or lack of
Primary Contours:  Lines are displayed as a solid line
Secondary Contours: Lines are displayed as dashes, winding, or less apparent.
Mass: a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape


VOLUME:
"Wrapped Reichstag" by Christo
Untitled by Joel Shapiro
 "Parque de la Memoria" by Dennis Oppenheim
"Embankment" by Rachel Whiteread

"Kissing Wolves" by Rune Olsen

WEIGHT:
 "1 Rope" by Eva Hesse
 "Camels IV, V, VI" by Nancy Graves
 "Spitzhacke Kassel" by Claus Oldenburg
 "Corridor Pin" by Claus Oldenburg
"Umbrellas" by Christo


 GRAVITY:
Untitled by Robert Morris
"Cell block vii" by Louise Bouregois
"Cock Fight" by Rune Olsen
 "Hanging Woman" by Kiki Smith
"End of Day - Nightscape VI" by Louise Nevelson


 PRESENCE AND ABSENCE IN SPACE:
"Tumbling Mirages" by Dennis Oppenheim
"Expanded Expansion" by Eva Hesse
 "Self" by Christo
 "Jealous" by Rune Olsen
"Stacks" by Rachel Whiteread






 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONTOURS:
"Torso" by Brancusi


 "Concetto Spaziale" by Lucio Fontana
 "Blue Diamond" by Jeff Koons
"Sitting Forms" by Lynn Chadwick
"The Nominal Three" by Dan Flavin


 MASS:
"American" by Nancy Graves
 "Floor Cake" by Claus Oldenburg
"Cones" by Dennis Oppenheim
 "Endless Column" by Brancusi
"Untitled Library" by Rachel Whiteread














iv. Plane and Edge:
Plane: A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.
Edge: The outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a place or part farthest away from the center of something.


 PLANE:
Untitled by Louise Bourgeois
"Labyrinth" by Robert Morris
"Consumer" by Tom Otterness
 "The Black Horse" Burlin de Bayckere
"Temple of the Female Eunuch" by Emily Floyd




EDGE:
"Signature Work" by Emily Floyd
"Gulliver" by Tom Otterness
"Spider" by Louise Bourgeois
Untitled by Robert Morris
"We are all flesh" by Burlin DeBuyckere












v. Degrees of Dimensionality:
Alter ego: A person's secondary or alternative personality.
Abstract: Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
Non-Representational: Of, relating to, or being a style of art in which natural objects are not represented realistically; nonobjective.
Anthropomorphic Abstraction: described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
Geometric Abstraction: A form of abstract art based on the use of simple geometric forms placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective compositions.
Mask: a covering for all or part of the face, in particular
Low Relief: Sculptural relief that projects very little from the background.
High Relief: Sculptural relief in which the modeled forms project from the background by at least half their depth.
In-the-round: Sculpture that is surrounded on all sides, except the base, by space.
ALTER EGO:
Aztec-Mixtec Mask
Native American Owl Mask 
Thai Khon Demon Mask
African Picasso Mask
Mwana African Tribe Mask




ABSTRACT:
African Luchazi Mask
Mayan Jade Ceremonial Mask
Dia de los Muertos Masks
 Tlingit Masks
Noh Mask












 ANTHROPOMORPHIC ABSTRACTION:
Heuman Picasso African Mask
Giraffe Mask
 Chokwe Ceremonial Mask
 "Eagle Warrior" by Terry Starr
"Sea Monster Mask" by Terry Starr


GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION:
"Rapports de Volumes" by Georges Vantongerloo
 "Kompostion" by Piet Mondrian
Untitled by Ilya Bolotowsky
Untitled by Joel Shapiro
"Whole 1" by Max Bill




LOW-RELIEF, HIGH-RELIEF, AND IN-THE-ROUND:
Trajan's Column
 "Daphne and Apollo" by Bernini
"The Feast of Herod" by Donatello
"Judgement Tympanum" by Gislebertus
Palette of Naram-Sin.