Presentation for Art class on the element of Form

1. Form
Camille Claudel, The Waltz
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111578/nslegs.html
People in Motion

2. It has volume and mass
It can be organic, or not; freeform or geometric
(cube, sphere, pyramid); natural or man-made
http://www.settemuse.it/pittori_scultori_europei/moore/he
nry_moore_001_nudo_sdraiato_1939.jpg

3. The three dimensional projection of
a shape, it has volume, dimension,
appears to have mass. This element
is frequently used in sculpture. It
may also refer to the overall
organization of the work of art, as a
second meaning.
http://art.pppst.com/elements.html

4. How do artists use
FORM?
Edgar Degas’ The Spanish Dancer 1885
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SpanishDance_c1884-
DegasPC20080120-8849A.jpg

5. Jacques Lipchitz‘s The Spirit of Enterprise 1960
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spirit_Enterprise_4.JPG
Edgar Degas’ The Little Fourteen-Year-Old
Dancer cast 1922
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dgsb/hd_dgsb.htm

6. Sofia by Degas’ dancer
at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston
Photo credits: Julie Finch (2008)

7. Other views on FORM…
Chac Mool (Rain God) , Mayan sculpture
Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. Photo credit: Guillermina Walas, 2004

8. Henry Moore (Britain, 1898-1936)
UNESCO Reclining Figure, 1957
Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-working-model-for-unesco-reclining-figure-t00390

9. http://mine-dart.blogspot.com/2011/03/artiste-erwin-wurm.html

10. August Rodin (France, 1840-1917)
The Thinker, 1900
http://www.epdlp.com/cuadro.php?id=1081

11. Dance movements-People in motion by A. Rodin
http://museematisse.cg59.fr/fr/Expositions/Rodin01/Rodin07/tabid/274/Default.aspx

12. Fernando Botero (Colombia, 1932-contemporary)
Ballerinas
http://guadalajara.anumex.com/anuncio/escultura-de-botero/3975271

13. Richard MacDonald (USA, contemporary)
Blind Faith
http://www.dawsoncolefineart.com/artists/Richard-MacDonald/1/atelier/700/

14. http://www.doubletakeart.com/richard_macdonald/classifieds/

15. People in Motion
You will design and create your own
“sculpture” of people in motion
Have fun!