FINE112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Hugo Ball, Administrative Divisions Of Armenia, List Of Places In The Chronicles Of Narnia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Fine Arts
• Course: FINE112
• Professor: Joan Coutu

Document Summary

Lecture 20: dada & duchamp. 1: constantine brancusi: working relatively independently, responding to current philosophy, sculptor ex. Prometheus 1911, newborn 1915, the kiss bird in space. Emphasis on his desire to allow the material to speak for itself. The material is quite obvious e. the kiss 1916- the stoniness shows through. In carving he expresses the qualities of the material. Played up the notion of the primitive. Thin nature of bronze and the patina, narrow end only possible with bronze (bird in space) a portrait of movement. Jean (hans) arp, arrangement according to the laws of chance- 1916- 17. Entombment of birds and butterflies 1916- 17 (also a portrait of tristian zara) made this work with his wife. That kind of mentality could only have happened amongst the chaos and disillusionment- the senseless society of ww1. Formally launched in zurich switzerland which was neutral during the war. Many people are disenchanted and disengaged with the world around them (ex.