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     • Giacometti's sculptures, characterized by narrow figures seemingly feeble and alone, delve deep into the human experience. Despite their apparent simplicity, these sculptures resonate with emotion, inviting contemplation. His paintings mirror similar themes, exploring the intricacies of life through minimal brushstrokes and toned colors.
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     Unraveling Alberto Giacometti: Artistic Legacy & Masterpieces

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   What makes Alberto Giacomett a great sculptor?

   • Alberto Giacometti was one of the most prominent sculptors of the twentieth century. His works embodied post-war disillusionment and collective trauma. The thin sculptures he created became the emblems of modern art, but let’s explore what makes Giacomett’s works so special and different from others. Who Was Alberto Giacometti?

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   How did Giacometti change art?

   • Giacometti changed the perception of traditional visual arts, combining the techniques of iron moulding and those of moulding the plane of a painting. His breakthrough in art consisted in eliminating the very essence of sculpture — he "abolished volume", deforming his figures to the point when they are thin as knife-blades.

   Alberto Giacometti. Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings

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   How did Giacometti make a sculpture?

   • David Sylvester in his book Looking at Giacometti reported on how the artist worked when he made sculptures from memory. He would build up and then cut back to scratch, build again, working fast, demolishing completely, then go at it again. But there would be no enormous change in the image created each time.

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   Why is Giacometti considered the most important sculptor of the 20th century?

   • Today, as more than a century has passed since his birth, Giacometti is regarded as the most important sculptor of the twentieth century, with his works being the most expensive sculptures ever sold. Looking at his family, it felt like Giacometti had to become an artist.

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   Dec 7, 2023 · Alberto Giacometti was one of the most prominent sculptors of the twentieth century. His works embodied post-war disillusionment and collective trauma. The thin sculptures he created became the emblems of modern art, but let’s explore what makes Giacomett’s works so special and different from others.

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   Jun 5, 2017 · Giacometti’s sculpture was made using what seemed like the minimum of means. He was alert to the power of the signs of all the untidiness and moment of random decision that went into the making of the plaster models.

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2018/06/06 › artsGiacometti: Beguiled by Thin Men and Women - The New York Times

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   Jun 6, 2018 · In Frank Lloyd Wright’s circular white temple, the art of this Swiss polymath — above all his emaciated humans in bronze or plaster, but also his earlier Surrealist compositions and his...

6. www.tretyakovgallerymagazine.com › articlesAlberto Giacometti. Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings | The ...

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   His paintings and drawings, conversely, are marked by sculptural techniques: the artist did not secure his images within sharply drawn silhouettes but seemed to be modeling objects, bodies and faces grappling for their form and accurate position in space by tracing the lines again and again.

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7. www.unesco.org › artcollection › NavigationActionGIACOMETTI, Alberto (1901 - 1966) - UNESCO

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   WALKING MAN I, 1960. Bronze sculpture, inscribed 'Alberto Giacometti' and 'Epreuve de l'UNESCO' (UNESCO proof) on the base; with foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris. 183 x 25.5 x 95 cm. Date of entry at UNESCO December 1970. Country of origin Switzerland. Acquisition made by UNESCO in 1969. © Photo : UNESCO/R. Fayad.

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9. observer.com › 2024 › 04Examining the Life and Art of Sculptor Alberto Giacometti ...

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   Apr 4, 2024 · She was his regular model along with Diego. Many excellent paintings and sculptures were of them both. In 1947, gallery owner Pierre Matisse put on Giacometti’s first solo show in New York. The ...

10. www.irishtimes.com › culture › art-and-designAlberto Giacometti: Sculptor of existential angst – The Irish ...

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    Born in a Swiss alpine village in 1901, one of three sons of a well-established painter, Giovanni, he was from an early age happiest in his father’s studio, drawing and looking at art books in ...