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Armature (sculpture) Armature for a classical pose of a figure holding a lyre. In sculpture, an armature is a framework around which the sculpture is built, [1] when the sculpture could not stand on its own. This framework provides structure and stability, especially when a plastic material such as wax, newspaper or clay is being used as the ...
Alexander Calder (/ ˈ k ɔː l d ər /; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. [1]
Wire sculpture is the creation of sculpture or jewelry (sometimes called wire wrap jewelry) out of wire. The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe. [1] In the 20th century, the works of Alexander Calder, Ruth Asawa, and other modern practitioners developed the medium of ...
Website wireframe. A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website. [1]: 166 The term wireframe is taken from other fields that use a skeletal framework to represent 3 dimensional shape and volume. [2] Wireframes are created for the purpose of ...
While in Denver, wire artist Reed Bmore, whose real name is Jon Struse, sculpted a portrait of Elijah McClain, who died in police custody. A wire artist hung up a sculpture as a political ...
A wire-frame model, also wireframe model, is a visual representation of a three-dimensional (3D) physical object used in 3D computer graphics. It is created by specifying each edge of the physical object where two mathematically continuous smooth surfaces meet, or by connecting an object's constituent vertices using (straight) lines or curves .
Tree shaping (also known by several other alternative names) uses living trees and other woody plants as the medium to create structures and art. There are a few different methods [2] used by the various artists to shape their trees, which share a common heritage with other artistic horticultural and agricultural practices, such as pleaching, bonsai, espalier, and topiary, and employing some ...
Gego. Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1994), known as Gego, was a modern German-Venezuelan visual artist. [1] Gego is perhaps best known for her geometric and kinetic sculptures made in the 1960s and 1970s, which she described as "drawings without paper". [2]