Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each work or approach by the mode in which the body enters it.
Groups: The whole figure · The fragment · The trace or cast · The absence
- Full bronze figure
- Imprint in soft medium
- Finished torso
- Plaster life cast
- Monumental hand
- Cast interior space
Hints
- The four modes run from full presence to complete absence.
- Anything produced by contact belongs to the third.
Show the answer
The whole figure: Full bronze figure
The fragment: Finished torso, Monumental hand
The trace or cast: Plaster life cast, Imprint in soft medium
The absence: Cast interior space
Why
The four modes form a gradient from presence to absence, and the interesting works sit at the ends. A whole figure and a cast void both concern the body, and one of them contains no body at all.
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