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Cast
A form created by pouring liquid material, such as plaster or molten metal, into a mould.
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Cast Shadow: The shadow that is cast from one form onto another.
Chiaroscuro: Literally light and dark, shading. A form of expression favoured by Rembrandt and his school.
Classical: Established ideals of perfection.

Cast Coated
A paper that is coated and then pressure dried using a polished roller which imparts an enamel like hard gloss finish.
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To form a three-dimensional sculpture by pouring a molten or liquid material into a mold. The term is also used to refer to a work created by this means.
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Cast Shadow: The dark area that results when the source of light has been intercepted by an object.

CAST PAPER - paper made by pressing the pulp into a die or mold used for casting or shaping, becoming a work of art in and of itself. These artworks are created from 100% cotton rag paper.

cast - To form (molten metal, or liquid plaster or plastic, for example) into a three-dimensional shape by pouring into a mold; or something formed by this means. Also, an impression formed in a mold or matrix.

Cast Shadow
In chiaroscuro, the shadow cast by a figure, darker than the shadowed surface itself.

Cast
An impression made of an object, by pouring a plastic substance into a mold and letting harden, that is then filled with a substance such as plaster or metal to create a sculpture.
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Cast from the family home, Vincent Van Gogh threw himself into his artwork and began a relationship with a low class prostitute named "Sien." She moved in with him and he became deeply empathetic with her own personal suffering.

The cast shadows are usually divided up into separate values as well. The area closest to the object is usually the darkest area that is being portrayed.

SECTIONAL CAST RE-INFORCED CONCRETE BENCH:
Casting a ‘bolt-together' concrete bench, with sections as fine as wood, pushed current concrete technology to its limit.

A piece of cast metal type, Garamond style long s / i ligature. See also: movable type.

Life mask: cast of the face or whole head of a living person. See also Death mask ...

The traditional cast of a Christian Nativity are all present here: the Holy Family, the wet-nurse and herdsmen, coming in to share in the event.

Medallion - Cast-metal medallions sometimes are issued in conjunction with the publication of prints, especially stamp prints. Design of the medallion artwork usually duplicates some portion of the print.

1898 (bronze cast 1954).
Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950-51.
Beatriz Milhazes. Succulent Eggplants. 1996. Polymer paint on canvas.
Blinky Palermo. Untitled. 1970. Dyed cotton mounted on muslin.
Brice Marden. Grove Group I. 1972-73.

The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

With pages for the Cast Gallery and Beazley Archive. SAS - University of Pennsylvania: Resources for Greek Art & Archaeology
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Thisinsidious manoeuvre, which is calculated to cast a doubt on our goodfaith, or at least on the genuineness of our principles, can easily bedefeated.

And the few examples of works chosen from the studio in Bern do little to cast a light on this issue. However, three major exhibitions no doubt helped to establish a more concrete idea in the artist's mind.

Since antiquity it has been the metal most commonly used in cast sculpture because of its strength, durability, and the fact that it is easily workable - both hot and cold - by a variety of processes.

He told one art critic that "I had no intention of working for any Socialist objects in my etchings and paintings though I do think it is the proper party to cast votes for at this time in America.

As one walks around the cast iron, different aspects and details appear: shapes change, concentrating dynamic forces into stillness, enclosing space and opening it up again, suggesting endlessness of movement.

The precedents before he began to cast medals in 1438-39 had been few and excessively coin-like.

In the erection of shop-fronts, in order to allow the maximum width of glass with the minimum amount of obstruction, many special sections of sash bars and stanchions are used, the former often being reinforced by cast iron or steel of suitable form.

The sculpture represents a striding figure, cast in bronze posthumously and exhibited in the Tate Gallery. (It now appears on the national side of Italian 20 eurocent coins).

These subjects have included a bombed bureau of the defunct East German secret police, the disputed ballots cast in Palm Beach County during the US Presidential election of November 2000 and Saddam Hussein’s final hiding place.

The dominant color of African sculpture is the natural color of the materials used - wood (used to carve sculptures in West and Central Africa) and cast metal bronze (used in sculptures from Benin).

Francis's cult of poverty and occasionally cast off all his worldly possessions and took to the road, creating small portraits for a bowel of porridge or a crust of moldy bread. Like St.

The relief sculpture of the cast-iron fireback is cleverly chosen from classical mythology. In the cavern of Hades, Pluto carries his two-pronged poker for brimstone.

Functional supports of cast iron or brass used in open fireplaces to hold logs.
Anthemion
Decorative motif of Greek origin, the radiating pattern resembles the honeysuckle flower or palm leaf.

He created a gigantic clay sculpture of the horse and gave detailed instructions for how it was to be cast in bronze. The drawing at right is a diagram for an armature that was to hold the separately cast pieces together. See story below.

Video. Film in which the cast and camera crew switch places by mistake. Said to be half Performance art and half trailers for Sex and the City, but no one's stayed long enough to know.

Ingots - A mass of metal cast in a bar or block for easy transport. Used for shaping, remelting, or refining. A method used for commerce in Greece until the 4th century B.C.
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Sculpture: Carved, cut, hewn, cast, molded, welded or assembled into three dimensional representations, forms, or figures.

A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it. Such works may be carved, modeled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, and relief, and made in a huge variety of media.
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Relief
The image is printed from the raised portions of a carved, etched, or cast block or other rigid material. The printing surface stands in relief above the rest of the block.

These two portraits were probably of Akkadian rulers. They are cast in copper, demonstrating their advanced technology. Note the naturalism of their features, combined with the geometric stylization of their beards.

Hartlaub in 1923 to describe the social realism of the works of such artists as George Grosz and Otto Dix, who cast a harsh and seemingly objective light on the society of Weimar Germany.

A lightweight metallic element with a protective oxide surface making it resistant to corrosion. Availabe in a wide variety of colors, it can be cast and welded to create a combination of strength and lightness.

Also, a thin, flat sheet of glass fiber material used to reinforce laminating resin, hollow cast ciment fondu, and modeled concrete sculpture. Surface mat is quite fine, chopped strand mat is coarse, loosely woven fabric.

It is stronger, harder, and more durable than brass, and has been used most extensively since antiquity for cast sculpture. Bronze alloys vary in color from a silvery hue to a rich, coppery red. U.S.

Bronze Sculpture - A Bronze Sculpture is a sculpture that is cast in bronze and is often simply called a "bronze" ...more info
Brushwork - Brushwork in art refers to a special textured surface and quality of handling ...more info ...

Segal's work, in contrast, consists of lifesize plaster figures (cast from real people and usually white), engaged in contemporary and mundane activities, such as adding letters to a movie marquee or waiting for the subway, ...

The breadth of exhibitions such as "The Responsive Eye" also cast doubt on the movement, since by including artists such as Frank Stella, whose interests were so different from those of Vasarely, ...

Modem bronzes are usually made by the 'lost wax' (or cire perdue) process - which involves the making of a wax shell of the actual size of the hollow bronze sculpture, which is then melted away, the word is also used as a synonym for 'work cast in ...

prints result from this method, which is relatively repaid in execution.
Wrought Iron: A comparitively pure form of iron which is easily forged and does not harden quickly, so that it can be shaped or hammered by hand in contrast to molded cast ...

See also: Painting, Sculpture, Movement, Expression, Composition