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Probing the Depths of Sculptural Art

A challenging examination of advanced concepts in sculpture, demanding precise knowledge of materials, history, and theory.

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Quiz Questions

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1
In a 2014 installation, Doris Salcedo filled the floor cracks of a major museum's Turbine Hall with what specific, symbolically charged object, requiring meticulous handcraft and collective effort?
Question 1
2
Which of these materials, known for its translucency and historic use in small carvings, presents significant conservation challenges due to its susceptibility to light exposure and dimensional change with humidity?
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3
The 'New British Sculpture' movement of the early 1980s, which included artists like Tony Cragg and Richard Deacon, was most directly reacting against which preceding dominant trend in British art?
Question 3
4
In the complex process of creating a large-scale bronze using the lost-wax method, what is the primary purpose of the 'chaplet', a metal pin or spacer?
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5
The term 'anastylosis', critical in archaeological conservation, refers most specifically to which practice?
Question 5
6
Which influential 1960s sculptural group, founded in Düsseldorf, explicitly combined industrial materials and processes with a focus on viewer perception and phenomenological experience?
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