Edgar Degas
1834–1917
French
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Playing with Space
From representation to abstraction, sculpture takes art off the wall. All the artists introduced in this chapter thought innovatively in three dimensions.
Edgar Degas modeled wax sculptures as a way to better understand form and motion. Interested in a different kind of movement, Alexander Calder constructed mobiles that activate space. Dan Flavin used fluorescent lights to create bright sculptures that shape and color the surrounding space. Martin Puryear crafts ambiguous forms that invite wonder.
As you compare the artists in this chapter, think about characteristics that are unique to sculpture.
Alexander Calder
1898–1976
American
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Dan Flavin
1933–1996
American
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Martin Puryear
born 1941
American
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John Constable (6.6MB)
Martin Johnson Heade and John James Audubon (7.2MB)
Claude Monet (14.9MB)
Georgia O'Keeffe (10.9MB)
Andy Goldsworthy (6MB)
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Rembrandt van Rijn (10MB)
Canaletto and Giovanni Paolo Panini (11MB)
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Thomas Moran and George Catlin (11MB)
Henri Matisse and André Derain (11MB)
George Bellows (14MB)
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Leonardo da Vinci (11MB)
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun and Jacques-Louis David (8MB)
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Chuck Close (7MB)
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Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi (11MB)
Rogier van der Weyden and Raphael (13MB)
Peter Paul Rubens (9MB)
John Singleton Copley and Claude-Joseph Vernet (8MB)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (9MB)
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Jan Steen and Hendrick Avercamp (14MB)
Osias Beert the Elder, Willem Claesz Heda, and Jan Davidsz de Heem (15MB)
Édouard Manet (10MB)
Mary Cassatt (11MB)
Winslow Homer (12MB)
Wayne Thiebaud (7MB)
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo (12MB)
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Roy Lichtenstein (8MB)