The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 164 - 165 Flashcards
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Moore: England’s Most Famous Sculptor
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- Henry Moore (1898-1986)
- based his work on natural forms like shells, pebbles, and bones
- he minimized surface detail and greatly simplified forms, open shapes are semi-naturalistic, perforated by holes that are as important as the solid parts of his works
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Calder: Defying Gravity
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- Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
- invented sculpture in motion
- work was a constantly shifting set of shapes that Calder called “four-dimensional drawings”
- his sculptures were airy and open
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Smith: Man of Steel
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- David Smith (1906-65)
- he believed that sculpture should pose a question, not offer a solution
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Bourgeois: The Lonely Crowd
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- Louise Bourgeois (b. 1912)
- did ground-breaking work in carved wood
- she switched between abstract and figurative styles
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Nevelson: Beyond the Wall
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- Louise Nevelson (1900-88)
- her characteristic “sculptured walls: consist of cubicles crammed full of carpenter’s cast-offs
