Blog Assignment #5-Abstract Form

1. Find an image of abstract sculpture(must be 3D, NO paintings).
2. Post it to the blog.
3. List the Title, Artist and Date.
4. Write a brief description, including what inspired it. If you can't find out what it is inspired by, then make an educated guess and describe why."Bird In Flight," by Constantin Brancusi, 1923

He concentrated not on the physical aspects of the bird but on it's movement. In "Bird In Space" wings and feathers are eliminated, the swell of the body is elongated, and the head and the beak are reduced to a slanted oval plane. Balanced on a slender conical footing, the figure's upward thrust is unfettered. Brancusi's inspired abstraction realizes his stated intent to capture "the essence of flight." -The Metropolitan Museum of Art description