3. ORGANIC FORM / NATURAL, EVOLVING / HENRY MOORE
ORGANIC FORM
• Natural, imitating nature
• evolving
• free rhythm
• soft transitions and arching forms
HENRY MOORE
• human figures
• positive form and negative space
• volume
• Inside & outside at the same time
4. MOORE IN HIS OWN WORDS:
‘A piece of stone can have a hole through it and
not be weakened - if the hole is of a studied
size, shape and direction. On the principle of
the arch, it can remain just as strong. The first
hole made through a piece of stone is a
revelation. The hole connects one side to the
other, making it immediately more three-
dimensional. A hole can itself have as much
shape-meaning as a solid mass. Sculpture in air
is possible, where the stone contains only the
hole, which is the intended and considered
form. The mystery of the hole - the mysterious
fascination of caves in hillsides and cliffs’ (‘The
Sculptor Speaks’ in The Listener, 18 August
1937; reprinted op. cit., p.xxxiv).
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-
recumbent-figure-n05387/text-catalogue-
entry
Video: https://youtu.be/Hr09gZitg1s
ORGANIC FORM / NATURAL, EVOLVING / HENRY MOORE
5. GEOMETRIC/CONSTRUCTED FORM / AMILCAR DECASTRO
CONSTRUCTED FORM
• manmade
• geometric forms
• mathematical rhythm
• Flat surfaces, straight lines,
symmetrical curves
• e.g.-- cubes, spheres, pyramids
AMILCAR DE CASTRO
• geometric form
• abstract
• positive / negative space
8. BLENDING ORGANIC AND GEOMETRIC / MARTTI AIHA / RUMBA
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/0/0f/Martti_Aiha_Rumba_1992.jpg
9. CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE | MASS
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI : KISS
• What does this work consist of?
• What properties/qualities does this work have?
info: minimalism
• How is it made?
• What kind of tool?
• What does the work depict?
• What feelings does it evoke? How does it do it -
by which visual means?
Definition: The outside size and bulk of an object,
such as a building or a sculpture; also the visual
weight of an object.
10. JU MING TAI CHI-SERIES
• Compare the sculture above to ”the Kiss”
• What similarities can you notice?
• What differences?
• What qualities does it have other than the Brancusi Kiss?
• What does this sculpture depict?
• How is this related to space?
A STEP FORWARD: JU MING TAICHI-SERIES
12. MASS AND MOVEMENT: JU MING TAICHI-SERIES
Taichi single whip Arch
• How is this sculpture different from the other Ju Ming
sculptures?
• How does it influence the whole sculpture?
• Does it change it's relationship with the spectator, surrounding
area?
13. CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE / VOLUME
Look at these three images: What do they all have in common?
• How are they different from Brancusi Kiss or Ju Ming sculptures?
• What similarities do you notice?
Gianlorenzo Bernini: DavidMyron: Discobolus Henry Moore: Detail
14. Konstantin Brancusi : Kiss Gianlorenzo Bernini : David
mass: closed, unified
form, The outside size
and bulk of an object,
such as a building or a
sculpture; the visual
weight of an object.
volume: form and the
open space within the
form, also the area of
influence the sculpture
has
Describes the space
within a form, such as
that of a container or
building.
CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE: VOLUME
15. CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE / VOLUME
Look at the four views of Gianlorenzo Bernini’s David
17. Look at the thin human figures of Alberto Giacometti on the left and compare the sculpture with
Japanese bonsai art - miniature trees and forests
• How can separate parts form a whole?
• What qualities do they need to have?
CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE: VOLUME