Is This Still Art

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Is This Still Art

• Written By Carol M. Fike

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Questions

• What do you think the definition of art is?
• What is art to you?

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American Gothic Grant Wood
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The Starry NightVincent Van Gogh
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Girl Before a MirrorPablo Picasso
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The Umbrellas
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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Two Large FormsHenry Moore
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Sculpture Materials

• Stone marble
• Plastic
• Glass
• Wood
• Metal

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Predicting Sizes
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Meet the Artists
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Henry Moore
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Henry Moore

• Types of Work that he creates
• Sculpture
• Drawing
• Organic Abstraction
• Uses a variety of mediums

Born July 30, 1898 in Castleford Yorkshire,
England
Best known as A Neo-Classic Sculptor
Henry Moore started out as a teacher and then
went back to school to the Leeds School of Art.
Died August 31, 1986 in Much Hadham,
Hertfordshire, England
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Some Pieces by Moore

• Warrior with Shield bronze, 1953-54

• Working Model for 3 Piece 3 Vertebrae bronze,
  1968

• Draped Reclining Woman plaster, 1957-8

• Standing Figure fiberglass, 1950

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Common Materials Used Fabric
Born June 13, 1935 in Gabrova, Bulgaria
Artwork does not fit in any specific category
Started creating art in 1961
The couple that does work together
Educated in France and Switzerland in Latin and
Philosophy
Today this couple lives and works in New York
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Some Pieces by Christo

• The Running Fence 1972-76 Sonoma and Marin
  Counties, California

• Wrapped Monument 1970 Milano, Italy