Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these modes of the body in sculpture from the fullest presence to complete absence.
- The fragment standing for the whole
- The cast void where a body could have been
- The trace or cast, produced by contact
- The whole figure, complete
Hints
- The sequence runs by how much of the body is actually there.
- The mode with no body present at all is the last.
Show the answer
- The whole figure, complete
- The fragment standing for the whole
- The trace or cast, produced by contact
- The cast void where a body could have been
Why
The gradient is useful because the last two are not weaker versions of the first. A cast void contains no body and is entirely about one, which is a stronger claim about presence than a complete figure usually manages.
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