Free Form
Abstract
Sculpture
What is Free Form Abstract
Sculpture?
It is a modern
style sculpture that
has smooth
curves and is an
abstraction of an
object or idea from
real life
•
How does this style of sculpture
compare to sculpture created by the
masters of the Renaissance?
The Renaissance
1400-1600
- Rebirth of Arts
- Move toward
more Realistic
art
- Attention to
life-like details
- Humanistic
ideas
- Beginning of
Perspective
- expanded
ideas
The Pieta’
By
Michelangelo
-Created 1499
-Made in
Marble
- Located at
St. Peter’s
Basilica
Notice
how real
the
features,
clothes,
and skin
look.
Shifts in Art Trends
• There was a
deliberate shift
away from the
ideals and perfect
forms of the
Renaissance
• Over time art
trends change
rapidly
• But “expanded
ideas” continue
Modern Sculpture
-Experimentation
of media
- Breaking away
from traditional
ways of making
art
-Works were
unexpected
- abstract
ideas
- unrealistic
forms
- ideas were
expanded
Free Form Sculpture
• English Sculptor
Henry Moore
worked in both
Abstract and nonobjective Styles
• Choices of Media
included wood
and bronze
Henry Moore
Abstract Sculptor, 1898-1986
Henry Moore “The Reclining Figure”
Bronze
Sculpture
Reaching 16
feet tall, this
column-like
sculpture
twists and
turns within
its natural
setting.
Now get ready to
expand your
mind and create
your own
abstract
sculpture
Sand down rough edges
of block with sandpaper.
Write name on bottom of
block with permanent
marker.
Bend coathanger into a
shape that
will become
your abstract
form.
BE
CREATIVE!!!
Use a small dot of wood glue
to secure the coat-hanger
into the block.
Stretch
kneehigh
over the
coathanger
to
create a
form.
Coat the
sculpture
in liquid
starch
with a
sponge
brush
several
times.
Choose an
abstract theme
and title for
your piece,
then paint the
sculptures to
represent the
abstract idea.
Created by: Gena Maley
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