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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

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