@Acontador13 The reason the sculptures are so thin is that he was a perfectionist and kept filing down his work trying to get a likeness in his abstraction. The Chariot is based on Greek sculpture, the other looks like a traffic conductor. I do not know if these in particular... but most of his work is based on close relatives. There is a biography about him that is interesting but you may not have time to read it if you are in school full time.
Sweet verse impressions of Giacometti sculptures. I think of his elongated figures as emaciated people molded from ash, the burnt remains of the spiritual upheavals that so marred the 20th century. I think your words try to center these works, to hold them down so their stark meaning will linger and resonate in the eye and ear.
@frankgillete What do his sculptures mean???i need to write an essay on Tall Fig 2 and 3, for art history!!! Help a moron out plz!
Acontador13 10 months ago
@Acontador13 The reason the sculptures are so thin is that he was a perfectionist and kept filing down his work trying to get a likeness in his abstraction. The Chariot is based on Greek sculpture, the other looks like a traffic conductor. I do not know if these in particular... but most of his work is based on close relatives. There is a biography about him that is interesting but you may not have time to read it if you are in school full time.
frankgillette 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Sweet verse impressions of Giacometti sculptures. I think of his elongated figures as emaciated people molded from ash, the burnt remains of the spiritual upheavals that so marred the 20th century. I think your words try to center these works, to hold them down so their stark meaning will linger and resonate in the eye and ear.
mindoculus 2 years ago
Comment removed
mindoculus 2 years ago