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MODELING

• Manipulating a flexible material into a sculptural form.
• Modeling is building up, or an additive process
• Artists squeeze, pinch, stack, layer, and shape material when modeling

Minoan (Greece) 1100 BCE

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Ancient Chinese (Ming & Han Dynasties) 1-100 CE

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Mesoamerican
1150 CE
(Mexico)

Mayan Civilization 2000 BCE

BAS-RELIEF

BAS-RELIEF

• A type of art in which shapes and designs are CARVED from the surrounding surface so they stand out against a FLAT surface.

Algardi, Rome, Italy 1600

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DAY 1

• Use a ruler to measure a 7 by 7 inch square on tracing paper
• Draw out contours of you image

BACKGROUND, MIDDLEGROUND, FOREGROUND