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Frage | Antworten |
African Art | Simplification of form, spiritual functions |
Cubist Sculpture | Simplified form and direct sculpture |
Increasing... | simplification and reduction of forms |
Bergson | Relative and absolute form |
Rodin | Often left unfinished portions |
Gauguin's carvings | On display in Paris in 1906 |
Archaic art at the Louve | Simplification of form and spiritual functions |
Asymmetrical/.... | Irregular |
The human form was only... | a minor part of his work |
Highly polished finish... | to reflect light and movement - create a sense of aliveness |
Buddhism & Hinduism | polished bronze, importance of light and the egg |
Romanian culture - strong tradition... | of woodcarving - craftsmanship |
Romanian culture | Eastern roots with links to Hindu ideas |
Theosophy | the cosmic essence |
Influenced by.... | Eastern art which he saw in the Louve and in oriental collections at the Musee Guimet in 1909 |
Light from polished bronze | In eastern philosophy light was a reflection of the supreme being/conscious, it creates a feeling of infinity because the definition of the sculpture is reduced as it is dematerialised by the light reflection. |
Brancusi's ideas on sculpture | He saw it as not just the imitation of form but the expression of life from within the form |
Theosophy | The pure or abstract form would allow people to understand more than just the material world around them. |
Dualism in theosophy | The world is made up of pairs of opposites, male and female etc |
Oval form used for sculpture as opposed to cuboid | Perhaps reflecting his general movement towards simplification, 1 surface rather than 6 |
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