ART 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Maligne Lake, Joseph Stella, Emily Carr
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Art in europe between the world wars, continued: Simple oval; suggests the idea of an egg. Could be a head; wedge shape indicates nose. If newborn, could be a wide open crying mouth. Brancusi said this sculpture should always be on a low plinth, so we look down on it. Romanian folk tales contain a magical golden bird. Bird in flight; beak could be at one end, tail at the other. Meant to be placed on a very high pedestal. Simplified abstraction useful to influence 20th century sculpture. Compares his creation of primal form to god"s creation of primal form. Nude descending a staircase was exhibited in america. Many critics hated the show, but it brought new ideas from europe. Spent most of his life working in paris. Attaches a line of rails to an iron; made the iron useless > becomes a work of art.
