Foundations of Art and Design

Chapter 3: Shape

In describing this work would it be more appropriate to use the term Form or Shape?

Fig. 3.1 Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow by Piet Mondrian

In describing this work would it be more appropriate to use the term Form or Shape?1. Form2. Shape

Fig. 3.1 Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow by Piet Mondrian1 2

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In the work Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B with four Red Squares and Two Planes by Helene Brandt the piece creates shadows on the wall. When discussing this piece what term would you be more likely to use?

Fig. 3.2 Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B with four Red Squares and Two Planes by Helene Brandt

In the work Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B with four Red Squares and Two Planes by Helene Brandt the piece creates shadows on the wall. When discussing this piece would you be more likely to use the term:1. Form2. Shape3. Volume4. Form and Shape5. Form and Volume6. Shape and Volume7. All of these choices Fig. 3.2 Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B

with four Red Squares and Two Planes by Helene Brandt1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Volume

When discussing a significant work in architecture, sculpture or 3D is it more accurate to use the term Shape, Form, Volume, or all of these terms?

Fig. 3.3 Schroeder House by Gerrit Rietveld

When discussing a significant work in architecture, sculpture or 3D is it more accurate to use the term:1. Shape2. Form3. Volume4. All of these choices

Fig. 3.3 Schroeder House by Gerrit Rietveld1 2 3 4

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Fig. 3.4 Pyramids at Giza Fig. 3.5a Louvre Museum by I.M. Pei

The definition of mass is?

The definition of mass is:1. The amount of force it would

require to move an object.2. The bulk of an object.3. Both the amount of force it

would require to move an object and the bulk of an object.

Fig. 3.4 Pyramids at Giza

Fig. 3.5a Louvre Museum by I.M. Pei

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Actual Mass vs. Implied Mass

In the image Landscape by Mark Tansey is actual mass or implied mass being depicted?

Fig. 3.6 Landscape by Mark Tansey

In the image Landscape by Mark Tansey is actual mass or implied mass being depicted?

1. Actual Mass2. Implied Mass3. Both4. Neither

Fig. 3.6 Landscape by Mark Tansey

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Geometric Shapes

In the sculpture Untitled by Vincent Fecteau are the forms mainly rectilinear or curvilinear?

Fig 3.7 Untitled by Vincent Fecteau

In the sculpture untitled by Vincent Fecteau are the forms mainly rectilinear or curvilinear?1. Rectilinear2. Curvilinear

Fig 3.7 Untitled by Vincent Fecteau

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Geometric Shapes

Fig. 3.11 Les Demoiselles d’Avignonby Pablo Picasso

Who started Cubism – Pablo Picasso, Braque, both of them, or neither of them?

Who started Cubism?

Fig. 3.11 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

by Pablo Picasso

1. Pablo Picasso2. Braque3. Both4. Neither

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Organic Shapes

Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi

Organic Shapes in art are shapes which:

Organic Shapes

Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi

Fig. 3.13 Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi

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1. Are derived from things found in nature

2. Suggest growth and movement

3. Both of these4. Neither of these

Abstract Shapes

Fig. 3.14 Eiffel Tower in Trees by Robert Delaunay

The term Abstract may refer to work which is:1. Nonrepresentational2. Nonobjective3. Abstracted from reality4. All of these choices

Fig. 3.14 Eiffel Tower in Trees by Robert Delaunay

Abstract Shapes

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Nonobjective Shapes

Fig. 3.16 Cubi XVIII by David Smith

In Fig 3.16 Cubi XVIII by Davis Smith the work is referred to as nonobjective because:

Fig. 3.16 Cubi XVIII by David Smith1 2 3 4 5

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1. The work is a form of abstraction that does not begin with an object or something visible

2. It represents nothing other than shape

3. It has no objective4. Both the work is a form of

abstraction that does not begin with an object or something visible; and it represents nothing other than shape

5. None of these

Amorphous Shapes

Fig. 3.19 Before the Caves by Helen Frankenthaler

Amorphous means?1. “Without shape”2. “To change shape”3. “More Shape”

Amorphous Shapes

Fig. 3.19 Before the Caves by Helen Frankenthaler

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Positive and Negative Shapes

Fig. 3.21 Quotation by Vitaly Komar and Aleksandr Melamid

Positive and Negative Shapes

1. Positive shapes2. Negative shapes3. Both4. Neither

In Fig. 3.21 Quotation by Vitaly Komar and Aleksandr Melamid, the main shapes are white squares. Would these squares be considered:

Fig. 3.21 Quotation by Vitaly Komar and Aleksandr Melamid

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Figure and Ground

Fig. 3.24 Reclining Mother and Child by Henry Moore

Figure and Ground

1. Figure2. Ground

Fig. 3.24 Reclining Mother and Child by Henry Moore

When discussing sculpture the medium of the sculpture most often provides the

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Figure Ground Reversal

What is the figure of Jasper John’s image Spring?

Fig. 3.27 Spring by Jasper Johns

Figure Ground Reversal

What is the figure of Jasper John’s image Spring?

1. The man2. The boy3. The rain4. All of these5. None of these

Fig. 3.27 Spring by Jasper Johns1 2 3 4 5

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The Shaped Canvas

Fig. 3.30 Portrait Series by Frank Stella

The Shaped Canvas

1. Yes2. No

Discussion QuestionIn 1965 the Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum featured a show entitled “The Shaped Canvas.” This show challenged the notion that all paintings must be on a rectangular canvas. Do you feel that this show was influential and important to the development of modern art?

Fig. 3.30 Portrait Series by Frank Stella

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