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Woman Walking Analysis
Woman walking is a sculpture created by Tom Corbin in 2006. Located by Grise Hall on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. This sculpture is a 3-D occupying space sculpture, which appears to be realistic. Walking Woman stands underneath a stone, which is planted in the grass, nearby a big tree, which enhances the beauty of Tom Corbin’s artwork.
Tom molded the sculpture and used the most common material that he uses which is known as bronze. Bronze is made out of copper. The principles that are applied to this sculpture, represents one of the Principle of design, which is Proportion. For example, her head is bigger than her body, and the legs are elongated than her arms. She has a very “slim figure” which brings out

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