Art History 336 - David Smith:Life and Work in Sculpture

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Bard College

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David Smith is widely regarded as America's greatest sculptor. In 1932, after an early career in painting, Smith encountered the sculpture of Picasso and Julio González and decided that steel would be his material and sculpture his calling. Over the next 30 years, until his death in 1965, he produced a mythic body of sculpture informed by modernism and magic and what he called "identity." This seminar examines manyfacets of Smith's art and life, including his critical reception and his writings (and their relationship to the writings of other abstract expressionists such as Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, and Mark Rothko).

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4.00

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

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(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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