tailieunhanh - Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture

The Parthenon sculptures associated with the classical Greek sculptor Pheidias were increasingly influential and the influx of classical art into Britain through the mid nineteenth century, such as the sculptures from Nereid Monument in Lycia and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Bodrum, only served to emphasise the importance attributed to Greek art (Challis, From the Harpy Tomb). The increased use of the Pheidian figural type in art works, classical history subjects and the depiction of everyday life in Greek and Roman antiquity was part of the classical revival of art that took place in Britain from the 1860s until. | BALBOA PARK THE SAN DIEGOMUSEUM OFARU Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture Written by Amy Briere Museum Educator Calder at his workbench. Gordon Parks Introduction Alexander Calder was a 20th century American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing the mobile a type of sculpture that moves. In addition to creating mobiles he coined the term stabiles to refer to his immobile sculptures. Calder also made paintings lithographs toys tapestries and jewelry. In his first critically important work Le Cirque de Calder Calder s Circus the artist magically brought inanimate objects and a band of circus characters to life using wire and recycled materials. Calder s Circus was a miniature reproduction of an actual circus and is considered to be the start of his lifelong interest in both wire sculpture and kinetic art. These art forms would typify much of his later sculptural work including the over 1 800 examples of jewelry made throughout his lifetime approximately ninety of which are currently on view at the San Diego Museum of Art in the exhibition Calder Jewelry thru January 3rd 2010. Two mini lessons are offered as a jumping off point for discussing with K-12th grade students the sculptural art found within the Calder Jewelry exhibition. The techniques of manipulating wire and found materials are explored through two sculpture projects wire circus figures and wire jewelry both inspired by Calder s imaginative and whimsical investigations with forms in space. 1 Pre-Lesson Information Objectives Students will . . . learn about the life and work of the artist Alexander Calder create sculpture works inspired by the work of Alexander Calder as well as the work on display in Calder Jewelry create a wire figure following a circus theme as a warm up activity and introduction to the work of Alexander Calder explore various techniques for bending and manipulating wire reflect on the art they have created present their works in a collaborative presentation Art Terms .