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20 th Century Sculptors Alexander Calder Louise Nevelson Henry Moore Christo Solid-colored assemblages – usually half-rounds Mobiles, stabiles, kinetic sculpture, large metalworks Reclining figure, worked with large abstract figures Wrapped or draped large cloths as public monuments

20 th Century Sculptors Alexander Calder Louise Nevelson Henry Moore Christo Solid-colored assemblages – usually half-rounds Mobiles, stabiles, kinetic

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20th Century Sculptors

Alexander Calder

Louise Nevelson

Henry Moore

Christo

Solid-colored assemblages – usually half-rounds

Mobiles, stabiles, kinetic sculpture, large metalworks

Reclining figure, worked with large abstract figures

Wrapped or draped large cloths as public monuments

20th Century Sculptors

Duane Hanson

George SegalSolid-colored Plaster, lonely-looking Figures

Super-realistic casts of everyday-looking people

Louise Nevelson, 1970.

Louise Nevelson, Sky Cathedral, 1958.

Louise NevelsonSilent Music II, 1964.

Louise NevelsonSky Landscape,

1976.

Louise NevelsonRoyal Tide I, 1960.

Alexander Calder(1898-1976)

Earned Engineering degree in 1919

Learned how to use metal and wire and at early age

Always fascinated with toys, circus, etc. (dancing moveable parts)

Developed art known as Kinetic Sculpture (mobiles and stabiles)

Calder, Elephant, 1928. Calder, Two Acrobats, 1928.

Alexander Calder

Aluminum Leaves,Red Post

1941.

Alexander Calder, Lobster Trap & Fish Tail, 1930.

Alexander Calder, Flamingo, 1974.

Illegal Immigration Protest, March 2006.

Henry Moore(1895-1986)

British sculptor known for primitive-looking figure forms

Influenced by ancient Mayan-Toltec altar statues

“Reclining Figure”

MAQUETTE – a small ‘sketch-like’ model for a larger sculpture

Chac-Mool – a Pre-Columbian, MesoAmerican (ancient Mexican) stone altar

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1929.

“It was the art of ancient Mexico that spoke to me most . . . I admit clearly and frankly that early Mexican art formed my views of carving as much as anything I could do.”

Henry Moore, 1947

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1935-36. Elmwood.

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1938. Bronze.(dedicated in Singapore in 1983)

Maquettes created by Henry Moore

Photos taken by M. Curless

Christo & Jeanne-ClaudeBoth born June 13, 1935

‘Site-specific’ artists who use curtains and cloths to enhance or show an alternative side to an environment

First collaborative project in 1961, and continue to create works to this day

Christo & Jeanne-Claude,Wrapped Monument to

Leonardo da VinciPiazza Scala, Milano, italy,

1970.

Christo, Valley Curtain (Rifle, Colorado), 1972.

ChristoValley Curtain1972.

Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, 1976.

Christo & Jeanne-Claude, The Umbrellas (Tejon Ranch, CA), 1991.

Christo, Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1995.

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1979.

Wing I: From Prehistory to the Roman Empire1. Primordial Goddess2. Fertile Goddess3. Ishtar4. Kali5. Snake Goddess6. Sophia7. Amazon8. Hatshepsut9. Judith10. Sappho11. Aspasia12. Boudica13. Hypatia

Wing II: From the Beginnings of Christianity to the Reformation14. Marcella15. Saint Bridget16. Theodora of Byzantium17. Hrosvitha18. Trotula of Salerno19. Eleanor of Aquitaine20. Hildegard of Bingen21. Petronilla de Meath22. Christine de Pisan23. Isabella d'Este24. Elizabeth R25. Artemisia Gentileschi26. Anna van Schurman

Wing III: From the American to the Women’s Revolution27. Anne Hutchinson28. Sacajawea29. Caroline Herschel30. Mary Wollstonecraft31. Sojourner Truth32. Susan B. Anthony33. Elizabeth Blackwell34. Emily Dickinson35. Ethel Smyth36. Margaret Sanger37. Natalie Barney38. Virginia Woolf39. Georgia O'Keeffe

39 Place Settings at Judy’s Chicago’s Dinner Table

George SegalWalk – Don’t Walk, 1976.

George Segal, Holocaust Memorial, 1984.

George Segal, The Dancers, 1971.

George Segal, Depression Bread Line, 1991.

George SegalAbraham & Issac, 1978.

Duane Hanson, Self-Portrait with Model, 1979.

Duane Hanson, The Traveller, 1988.

Duane HansonQueenie 2, 1988.

Duane HansonTourists, 1970.

Duane HansonTourists 2, 1988.

Duane HansonDrug Addict, 1974.