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20 TH CENTURY SCULPTURE. AUGUSTE RODIN THE THINKER.

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1 20 TH CENTURY SCULPTURE

2 AUGUSTE RODIN THE THINKER

3 AUGUSTE RODIN MONUMENT TO BALZAC (HONORÉ DE BALZAC WAS A FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST)

4 CLAES OLDENBERG CLOTHSPIN

5 HENRI MOORE TWO LARGE FORMS

6 HENRI MOORE TWO LARGE FORMS II

7 CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI BIRD IN SPACE

8 LOUISE NEVELSON BLACK WALL

9 MAYA LIN VIETNAM MEMORIAL

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11 ALEXANDER CALDER LOBSTER TRAP AND FISH TAIL

12 CALDER BIO 1898-1976 American Born (Pennsylvania) As a young child, was always tinkering, building little things, making sculptures out of wire. Studied mechanical engineering as a degree, then moved on to studying art in New York and then Paris “Godfather” of Modern Sculpture Originator of the Mobile and “Kinetic Sculpture”

13 CALDER’S MOBILES

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15 CALDER’S STABILES

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17 HYBRID

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19 YOUR PROJECT Using cardboard, you will create a stabile in the style of Alexander Calder. Think about some airplane models and how the pieces fit together. Once you’ve built it out of cardboard, you will cover it with newsprint/art paste. Consider the types of shapes he uses – are they geometric or organic? How do they fit together? You have the option of adding in a hybrid element. You will begin by making a miniature model out of construction paper (though your final piece will not be much larger…)


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