Practice question · Estimate
Of the four elements of three-dimensional form, how many does a traditional carved figure use as its principal means?
Estimate on a scale from 0 elements (0) to all 4 (4).
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- Ask what a solid carved figure is made of.
- Mass, principally.
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Why
One: mass. The figure has surfaces and edges, but they are the boundary of a solid rather than independent elements, and the space around it is background rather than material. That is precisely what the twentieth century set out to change.
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