Digging deeper into the meaning of Henry Moore’s sculptures Moore’s sculptures are exhibited all around the world. In Moore’s homeland‚ the sculptures are exhibited in Kew Botanical Gardens‚ the natural suuroundings of the gardens compliment the sculptures. It feels as if the sculptures are different during the different times of the day. In the morning‚ when the sculptures are wrapped in mist‚ or during middag when the blue sky and sunshine makes them shine‚ or in the evening‚ when the sculptures
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Henry Moore was born 30.07.1898 and lived for 88 years. Moore would have prioritised his art over his academic study. After numerous visits to the ethnographic collections of the British museum‚ Europian modernist; i.e Picasso‚ Arp‚ Brancusi and Giacometti became influences. Uniting these inspirations was a deeply felt humanist. He often used abstract form to draw comparisons between the human body and landscapes. Moore’s images of figures sheltering in London subway stations sheltering during
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In the lecture Henry Moore was described as the most famous British sculptor in the the 20th century. He was very well known for his many statues made of stone‚ wood‚ and bronze in the 1940s and 1950s. One of his statues portrays a reclining female made of various curves with some negative space and a very visual hole in her midsection. Many people thought at the time that the hole stood for the spiritual emptiness of men in which also meant that they were misguided in their faith. Others thought
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Henry Moore Aimy Tran Mr. Cox Period 1 Henry Moore was an English sculptor and artist who was known for his abstract bronze sculptures. Moore was born on July 1819 in Castleford‚ Yorkshire. He attended infant and elementary schools in Castleford‚ where he began modeling in clay and carving wood. He decided to become a sculptor after hearing Michelangelo’s achievements. Moore was granted a scholarship to Castleford Secondary School after a teacher had noticed his interest and talent in medieval
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Faith Kim Prof. Hight Introduction to Visual Arts 4 June 2012 Reclining Nude The artwork is called Reclining Nude by Jean-Antoine Watteau and I found this artwork in the Norton Simon Museum. I was captivated by the sensuality and the delicacy in the painting. I first noticed in the painting was her robust ivory figure contrasting with the dark chocolate background because I felt that these contrasting colors evoked a sense of purity and light against the mysterious darkness. She seems to have
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attitudes‚ beliefs‚ influences and concerns through their work‚ this becomes evident through all the ways that the reclining nude is depicted. Titian was the first artist who established the reclining nude by painting his version of an idealized female form as we are able to see in “Venus of urbino” (1538). Edouard Manet was known for challenging his society through his version of the reclining nude recreating it in his work “Olympia” (1863) in order to show the culture of his time. Yasumasa Morimura also
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Object of my Obsession Two artists‚ Henry Moore and Alexander Calder‚ both very different in the way they grew up‚ and their life ambitions. However one thing they had in common was that they both ended up becoming fantastic artists later on in life. Their styles of artwork were very different to each others. Moore’s concentrated on sketching and sculptures made of stone‚ bronze and wood. His artworks are intriguing as they showed the bond between mother and child. An aspect of interest in his
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This piece is called Warrior with Shield by Henry Moore‚ from the mid-twentieth century (1954). This sculpture is composed of form because it is three-dimensional which‚ has height‚width and depth. This form has geometric shapes; the shield that the men is holding is a thin spherical shape with a pointy middle and the head of the man is an oval spherical shape. A strong sense of form has been created by increasing the contrast between highlights and shadow areas. For example the pointy part of
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Henry VIII is one of the most famous monarch in English history. He is‚ of course‚ well-known mostly because he created the Anglican Church – which he invented mainly in order to be able to divorce his first wife. This reason behind the Church’s creation‚ however‚ can serve as a proper hint as to what kind of husband and person this king was‚ leading to a debate: is king Henry VIII a good or a bad historical figure? While I believe it is possible he may have been a decent‚ even good king‚ my opinion
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name‚ Two Fates‚ written by Wes Moore‚ the two men‚ both with the same name‚ find out what their life could have been like if they had just made a few different decisions. Their names and the circumstances they grew up in made them the same‚ but the choices they each made is what granted them separate fates. Both Wes Moores did not grow up in the best circumstances. In the beginning of the book when the men were talking about their lives‚ the other Wes Moore says‚ “Your
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