Giacometti

Giacometti

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What is art?

Who was Alberto Giacometti?

• He lived from 1901 – 1966

• He was a Swiss Sculptor, painter and printmaker

• He became best known for his sculptures of the human figure

• He liked to stretch out the arms and legs and show movement in his sculptures

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Where was Giacometti born?

• Switzerland

• France

• England

• Spain

Giacometti

Giacometti liked to create sculptures that imitated human poses. He thought of his sculptures as the shadow cast by a person.

Giacometti

• He is famous for making sculptures of people . 

•  The people in his sculptures are very tall and thin.    

• Look at this one showing people walking across a town square:

• He said he found it interesting how people in crowds move in and out of each other in different ways.

Here are some examples of his work.

This sculpture is known as 'Walking Man'

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Tick all the statements that are true.

• Giacometti was famous for his paintings.

• Giacometti was famous for creating sculptures of people.

• His sculptures were based on shadows of people rather than the people themselves

• He found people's movements interesting.

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What do you think of the sculptures?