1. Swiss sculptor, painter, printmaker 1901-1966
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss sculptor, painter, printmaker

2. Swiss sculptor, painter, printmaker

3. Characteristics…. unique statues…stretched out, elongated limbs
He often carved until they were as thin as nails and reduced to the size of a deck of cards (aka…small)
"he would make your head look like the blade of a knife."
tiny sculptures became larger, but the larger they grew, the thinner they became.

4. Each man the size of a deck of cards
Piazza
Each man the size of a deck of cards

7. Walking man I Life size bronze sculpture (6 feet tall)
Highest ever paid for work of art at auction (higher than Picasso and Van Gogh)
$104.3 million

8. Requirements:
Giacometti style (elongated limbs)
Form: interesting from all sides
Movement: create an active pose
Finished: create a faux bronze
individual: about 12 inches
Group: about life size

10. NO
YES!
Think angles
Curve the back
NO!

12. dancing

13. yoga
sports