Terms
Artists
Techniques
Monuments
100

What is "slip"?

a mix of clay and water used as glue for sculpture making.
100

This Dutch artist is famous for his bright sunflowers and a painting of 'Starry Night.' He often used thick, swirling brushstrokes and had a difficult life.

Vincent van Gogh

100

Handbuilding

Using your hands to shape clay and build for sculpture

100

A gift from France, this iconic statue welcomes visitors to New York Harbor and is a symbol of freedom and democracy.

Statue of Liberty

200

What is "glaze"?

A mixture of glass, pigment, and minerals used to cover the ceramic piece in a shiny gloss.

200

An Italian artist and inventor of the Renaissance period, he painted the famous 'Mona Lisa' and also created drawings of flying machines and anatomy.

Leonardo da Vinci

200

Slip + Score

cross hatching on the clay in order to attach separate pieces with slip

200

Standing 98 feet tall, this statue of Jesus Christ overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from atop Mount Corcovado.

Christ the Redeemer

300

What is "bisque"?

Clay that has been fired once in the kiln

300

Known as the father of abstract art, this Russian artist used shapes, lines, and colors to create paintings like 'Composition VII,' which have no recognizable subject.

Who is Wassily Kandinsky

300

Coil

rolling the clay like a log to create a cylindrical strip to use for building.

300

This massive monument in South Dakota features the faces of four U.S. presidents carved into a granite mountain.

Mount Rushmore

400

What is "greenware"?

Unfired clay pieces

400

This Spanish artist created a new style called Cubism, where objects and faces are shown from many angles at once.

Pablo Picasso

400

Paper-Mache

A technique for coating a sculpture in a wet paper mixture for an even, paintable surface.

400

These large stone statues with elongated faces, called Moai, were created by the Rapa Nui people on this remote island in the Pacific.

Easter Island

500
What is "vitrification"?

a process that transforms a substance fully or partially into glass or non-crystalline solid through heat.

500

An American artist known for her large paintings of flowers and landscapes inspired by the desert, she was one of the most important modern artists in the U.S.

Georgia O'Keeffe

500

Dip-Glazing

A liquid glaze that you prepare to dip the entire clay piece into in order to coat the surface evenly

500

This ancient monument in Giza, Egypt, features a lion’s body with a human head and is one of the oldest and largest statues in the world.

Great Sphinx of Giza

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