found-object

Examples of found-object in the following topics:

• Assemblage

  • Assemblage is the practice of creating two-dimensional or three-dimensional artistic compositions by combining and manipulating found objects.
  • Assemblage is an artistic process whereby two or three dimensional artistic compositions are created by combining found objects.
  • Readymades were found-objects which Duchamp chose and presented as art.
  • Unlike Duchamp's poor attempt to mask the urinal's true form, Nevelson took found-objects and by spray painting them she disguised them of their actual use or meaning.
  • Rauschenberg picked up trash and found objects that interested him on the streets of New York City and brought these back to his studio where they could become integrated into his work.

• Construction

  • Construction is an artistic process that uses found, manufactured, or altered objects to build sculptural forms.
  • Construction, also known as 'assemblage', and sometimes a 'combine', is an artistic process that uses found, manufactured or altered objects to build sculptural forms.
  • All of these movements sought to distance themselves from more traditional processes and past emphasis on the human body, and moved instead towards the avant garde display of found objects as works of art.
  • However, both Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso had been working with found objects for many years prior to Dubuffet.
  • The term 'found object' originates from the French objet trouvé.

• Abstract Expressionist Sculpture

  • Dan Flavin was an American minimalist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.
  • His artistic trajectory took him from making found-object paintings littered with urban debris to plaster sculptures of everyday commercial and manufactured objects.
  • These figures, often left with minimal color and detail and given a ghostly, hollow appearance, inhabited tableaux constructed of found objects such as a street corner, a bus, or a diner.
  • Common practices seen in Pop-Art sculptural work include the display of found art objects, representation of consumer goods, the placing of typical non-art objects within a gallery setting and the abstraction of familiar objects.
  • Claes Oldenburg produced oversized reproductions of familiar objects in increased sizes to abstract the subject matter.

• Sculpture

  • In the early 20th century, Pablo Picasso revolutionized the art of sculpture when he began combining disparate objects and materials into one constructed piece of sculpture; the sculptural equivalent of the collage in two dimensional art.
  • The advent of Surrealism led to objects being described as "sculpture" that would not have been so previously, like "coulage" and other forms of "involuntary sculpture. " In later years, Picasso became a prolific potter, leading a revival in ceramic art with other notables including George E.
  • Marcel Duchamp originated use of the "found object" (French: objet trouvé) or "readymade" with such pieces as Fountain (1917).

• Jade in Neolithic China

  • As early as 6000 BCE, Dushan Jade, or a jade substitute found near Mount Du, has also been mined.
  • The bi and cong are types of objects only found in jade in early periods and are thought to have had religious or cosmic significance.
  • The culture was highly stratified, as jade, silk, ivory, and lacquer artifacts were found exclusively in elite burials, while simple pottery was more commonly found in the burial plots of poorer individuals.
  • Jade pendants were also found, designed with engraved representations of small birds, turtles, and fish.
  • Jade bi from the Liangzhu culture; the ritual object is a symbol of wealth and military power.

• Art History Methodology

  • Art historians employ a number of methods in their research into the qualities, nature and history of objects.
  • Art historians employ a number of methods in their research into the qualities, nature and history of objects.
  • Is the artist imitating an object or image found in nature?
  • An iconographical analysis is one which focuses on particular design elements of an object.
  • Many art historians use critical theory to frame their inquiries into objects.

• Buddhist Stupas

  • A stupa, literally meaning "heap," is a mound-like structure designed to encase Buddhist relics and other holy objects.
  • Every stupa contains a treasury filled with various objects; small offerings, or Tsa-Tsas, fill the majority of the treasury, while jewelry and other precious objects are also placed within.
  • It is believed that the more objects placed into the treasury, the stronger the stupa's energy.
  • Object stupas, in which the objects belonging to Buddha or his disciples are buried;
  • Describe the common features, as well as stylistic variations, found in Buddhist stupas.

• Rituals

  • Issues regarding the non-preservation of ritual objects became widespread in the expansion of museums in the 19th century.
  • Meaning is assigned to objects of cultural or spiritual significance based on interpretations or perceived values by user populations, a process known as the social construction of an object.
  • There are numerous ways in which non-preservation of ritual or spiritual objects can occur.
  • With the founding of museums and scholarly studies of various cultures and religions, and the growth of anthropology and archaeology as disciplines, private collectors, museums, and universities competed to acquire artifacts.
  • Cultural items include human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony.

• Animism

  • Animism is the religious belief attributing a spiritual essence to natural phenomena, including animals, plants, and inanimate objects.
  • Animism is the religious belief of attributing a spiritual essence to natural phenomena, including animals, plants, and sometimes inanimate objects.
  • It is a belief, such as shamanism, polytheism, or monotheism, that is found in several religions.
  • Examples of animism can be found in forms of Shinto, Serer, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Pantheism, Paganism, and Neopaganism.

• Bronze Age Advancements in Metallurgy

  • The discovery of bronze enabled people to create metal objects that were harder and more durable than previously possible.
  • In Europe large hoards of bronze tools, typically socketed axes with little to no signs of wear, have been found.
  • This is one of two bronze art works found at Mohenjodaro that show more flexible features when compared to other more formal poses.
  • An interesting mixed media object from this culture is the Nebra Sky Disk (c. 1600 BCE), which consists of a blue-green patina inlaid with gold symbols.
  • A hoard of axes from the Bronze Age found in modern Germany.