Practice question · Numerical answer
How many principal sculptural methods does this lesson distinguish, once construction is included?
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- Two are ancient and one is a twentieth-century addition.
- Carving, modelling and constructing.
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3
Why
Three: carving, modelling and constructing, with casting as the process that transfers a modelled or constructed form into a durable material. Construction is the modern addition, and it brought welding, bolting and the visible logic of engineering into the subject.
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