V. Degrees of Dimensionality/ Abstraction

Definition/ Image Gallery

• Plane- Mentioned in Plane and Edge
• Edge- Mentioned in Plane and Edge

• Alter Ego- Very close and trusted friend who seems as a part of yourself

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1. Alter Ego- Dick Kappel
2. Alter Ego- Michael Krynski
3. Alter Ego- Tony Dow
4. Alter Ego- Gareth Jones
5. Eagle transforms to man- Terry Starr

• Abstract- A concept without a specific example

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1. The Nest- Louise Bourgeois
2. Green Felt Piece- Robert Morris
3. Eclipse- Charles O Perry
4. Holy Mountain- Mikkel Wettre
5. A strategy to infiltrate the homes of the bourgeoisie- Emly Floyd

• Non- representational-  Style of art in which natural objects are not represented realistically

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1. Avenza Revisited II- Louis Bourgeois
2. Soft Landscape- Louis Bourgeois
3. The Destruction of the Father- Louis Bourgeois
4. Untitled- Robert Morris
5. In Doubt- Berlinde de Bruyckere 

• Anthropomorphic Abstraction- Abstraction in human characteristics for animals or inanimate things

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1. Gruby- Magdalena Abakanowicz
2. Osiol- Magdalena Abakanowicz
3. Fragile Goddess- Louis Bourgeois
4. The anthropomorphic- Salvador Dali
5. Century of Progress- Ron Rodgers

• Geometric Abstraction-  Abstraction in geometric forms in design

1. Light Year- Ronald Bladen
2. Stemmers- David Fried
3. Completion- Ray Miller
4. Obelisk- Sigmund Reszetnik
5. Galerija- Klaus Steinbrenner

• Mask- A covering worn on a face

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1. Eagle/Human transformation Mask- Terry Starr
2. Bear- Terry Starr
3. Tatooed Warrior- Terry Starr
4. Vocano Woman- Christine White
5. Mask if monstserrat screaming- Julio Gonzales

• Low Relief- Bas relief, a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background

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1. Persian bas-relief from Qajar era
2. Doors of Paradise- Lorenzo Ghiberti
3. Bas-relief in Persepolis
4. Two Persian Soldiers in Persepolis
5. Atropos cutting the thread of life- ancient greek bas relief

• High Relief- A relief in which modeled forms project from the background by at least half their depth

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1. Ancient Greek high relief
2. Figure in ancient Egypt
3. Five Baluster- Louise Nevelson
4. Robert Gould Shaw memorial- St. Gaudens
5. Madonna and Child- Unknown Italian sculptor

• In The Round- Sculptural figure that has the form of three dimensionality

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1. Dancing figure- Magdalena Abakanowicz
2. Mama Bear- Tom Otterness
3. Pieta- Michelangelo
4. Untitled- Belinde de Bruyckere
5. Untitled- Robert Morris