Learning Goal: I’m working on a writing discussion question and need support to help me learn.
Read the material about Louise Bourgeois and Constantine Brancusi in chapter 7 of your text as well as the following information provided about Louise Bourgeois:
and read http://www.cheimread.com/artists/louise-bourgeois
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- View this video about Brancusi’s work The Kiss: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/modernity-ap/v/btheki
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and read this article: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-constantin-brancusi-brazenly-redefined-sculpture
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- Do you feel that these artists’ abstractions are more powerful than straightforward depictions of the male and female body?
- Make sure to discuss both artists and refer to specific works by each artist (Bourgeois and Brancusi) in your post. You must use the examples provided in the text and you may additionally use images in the links for each artist.
- Response: Comment on another student’s post that uses a different example.