Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 24 Alexander Calder Questions: |
Look Questions Teacher Answer Key
1. What is this? (A MOBILE.) How can you tell? What makes it move?
2. How many separate elements did it take to make this sculpture? Count them. How many shapes? Rods? Links?
3. What kinds of lines do you see in this sculpture? (Mostly curving lines.) What kinds of shapes do you see? Are they ORGANIC or GEOMETRIC?
4. Is this sculpture big or small? (Big.) What clues led you to your response? (It spans several floors; railing and walls provide sense of SCALE.)
5. On what kind of balance does this sculpture rely?
(ASYMMETRICAL.)
How is this balance achieved?
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