1. 5

2. City Square, 1948, Bronze, 8.5 x 25.75 x 17.25 inches

3. Giacometti died January 11, 1966.
Alberto Giacometti was born October 10, 1901, in Borgonovo, Switzerland.
His father, Giovanni, was a Post-Impressionist painter.
In 1920, he traveled to Italy, where he was impressed by the work of Paul Cézanne at the Venice Biennale.
He was also deeply affected by African and Egyptian art.
In 1927, the artist moved into a studio with his brother, Diego, his lifelong companion and assistant.
Was a member of the surrealist movement.
In the 1940’s was a friend of Picasso
His work deals with Post –World War II societal isolationism and the aftermath of the horrors of the War.
Giacometti died January 11, 1966.

4. “Each person is isolated within his/her own existence.”
-Alberto Giacometti

5. Gestural / Slashing drawings.
E l o n g a t I o n of the figure

9. What are the similarities in the way that Giacometti draws and sculpts?
Tall Figure, III Bronze

10. Static - Unmoving
Grande Femme Debout I.
1960
Cast Bronze

11. S p a c e
The Chariot.
1950
Painted Bronze on Wood base

12. Elongated form Isolated Tortured surface Angled base
Woman of Venice IX (Femme de Venise IX), 1956;

13. Installing an exhibition

14. Striding Man.

15. Walking Man. (1947-1948). Painted Bronze
Not Static Implied Gesture

16. Human
scale
changes
your
perception.

17. Surface
texture by
formation