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Three Dimensional Media

OVERVIEW

Three-dimensional media occupies space defined through the dimensions of height, width and depth. It includes sculpture, installation, performance art, craft, and product design. Two processes are responsible for all three-dimensional art: additive, in which material is built up to create form, or subtractive, where material is removed from an existing mass, such as a chunk of stone, wood or clay. The different categories we’ll examine in this module are not necessarily exclusive from each other, and we will look at some examples of three-dimensional art that arguably cross over between categories. Topics covered include:

• Types of Sculpture and other Three-Dimensional Media
• Methods
• Modern Variations of Three-Dimensional Media