When it was sold in New York for $141,000,000, it became the most valuable sculpture ever sold at auction, and one of the most expensive auction items ever sold on auction as of the time of this writing in 2024 – beating another of Giacometti’s sculptures, the famous “The Walking ...
artsculpturegallery.com Alberto Giacometti’s emaciated, stretched-out figures were a game-changer in the world of figurative sculpture. Moving away from anatomically accurate body sculptures, the artist drew inspiration from cubism, surrealism, and African sculpture to create legendary, totemic bronzes...
The two artists met in 1967 while studying sculpting at St. Martin’s Art School in London. That’s where they discovered the power of photography and started their artistic union. To Her Majestyis one of their masterpieces of 37 pieces. It’s a part of theirDrinking Sculptures Project. Th...
Antique Rugs Are a Form of Art Though they may not be your cup of tea, the Persian and Oriental rug market remains of interest especially when pieces begin selling for over $40 million. Rugs are fine art just as paintings, sculptures, and other mediums. However, the art form can be ap...
Task 2 Skimming Read the passage again then complete the following chart. Name of Ages Time Artist Feature The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism Modern art 5th to 15th century AD 15th to 16th century late 19th to early 20th century 20th century to today Giotto di Bondone Masaccio religio...
As we walk through the vineyard on a late winter’s morning, I kneel down on the hard ground to inspect an old vine. They are beautiful objects, trained on a single pole just as the Romans grew them, wizened and writhing sculptures with gnarly, tactile barks that invite you to touch th...
Famous for his anonymous, stick figure-thin sculptures (see “Chariot,” above), Giacometti sculpted only a small number of real individuals, including his brother (fellow artist Diego), his wife Annette, and others he was close to. This might be said to lend the works greater emotional heft...