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Gilbert's Living with Art, 6/e
Mark Getlein
Three-Dimensional Media
Sculpture

Art and Artists


Artists: Olowe of Ise

Active during the first quarter of the twentieth-century, Olowe of Isa is among the best know Yoruba sculptors.

National Museum of African Art
(http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/olowe/olowe.htm)

A March 1998 article from Smithsonian Magazine
(http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues98/mar98/high_opener_mar98.html)

Artcyclopedia
(http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/olowe_of_ise.html)

Crossing Cultures: Primitivism

Western artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were influenced by what they considered "primitive art" which included objects from Africa, Native America, and the South Pacific Islands.

Primitivism
(http://www2.english.uiuc.edu/finnegan/English%20251/primitivism.htm)

Primitivism examples
(http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/movement_works_Primitivism_0.html)

Art Issues: Public Art

Yahoo:Public Art
(http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Public_Art/)

A good starting point for investigating web-based Public Art issues and resources.
Public Art Web Links
(http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/lc/slidecol/weblinx.html)

This site offers considerable links to specific studies and general resources concerning Public Art.
Artists: Christo and Jeanne-Claude

These two artists, who wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin with more than a million square feet of aluminum-colored cloth, have achieved legendary status for their large-scale works. To find out the latest about this highly creative duo, check out the websites listed below:

Reichstag Archive
(http://www.zlb.de/projekte/kulturbox-archiv/archiv/)

This site contains links to information available on-line concerning this post-Cold War event in Berlin.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Website
(http://christojeanneclaude.net/)

Provides both an overview and details concerning these two personalities and their work








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