ALEXANDER CALDERALEXANDER CALDERAnd his sculpturesAnd his sculptures

ALEXANDER CALDERALEXANDER CALDERAnd his sculpturesAnd his sculptures

His BeginningHis BeginningHis BeginningHis Beginning

He made mobiles-kinetic sculptures (sculptures that move)

Created a mini circus The circus went on

exhibit and became official “mobiles”.

He made mobiles-kinetic sculptures (sculptures that move)

Created a mini circus The circus went on

exhibit and became official “mobiles”.

Creating His SculpturesCreating His SculpturesCreating His SculpturesCreating His Sculptures

After the circus he made bigger mobiles and stabiles.

Materials: sheets of metal, wires, globes, plaster, bronze and wood.

Always changing design. Geometric knowledge helped make his pieces

unique. People like his work a lot Used bright colors and odd shapes to make his

work stand out

After the circus he made bigger mobiles and stabiles.

Materials: sheets of metal, wires, globes, plaster, bronze and wood.

Always changing design. Geometric knowledge helped make his pieces

unique. People like his work a lot Used bright colors and odd shapes to make his

work stand out

Calders Types of Work Calders Types of Work Calders Types of Work Calders Types of Work Hanging Mobile

Standing Mobile

Stabile

Monumental Sculpture

Wall Mobile

Wire Sculpture

More types of Calder’s WorkMore types of Calder’s WorkMore types of Calder’s WorkMore types of Calder’s Work

BronzeTower

CARVED

Motorized

Drawings

Oil painting

Circus

Jewelry

Shapes and PartsShapes and PartsShapes and PartsShapes and Parts

Quadrilateral Triangles Points Angles Pyramid Line segments intersections

Quadrilateral Triangles Points Angles Pyramid Line segments intersections

MobilesMobilesMobilesMobiles

The circle Steel and wire He made standing and

hanging mobiles Wires connected at

unfixed angles.

The circle Steel and wire He made standing and

hanging mobiles Wires connected at

unfixed angles.

StabilesStabilesStabilesStabiles

They don’t move. Polygons on triangles Two polygons and

three triangles Not a lot of symmetry

or congruence Sharp angles

They don’t move. Polygons on triangles Two polygons and

three triangles Not a lot of symmetry

or congruence Sharp angles

MoreMoreMoreMore

Object in five planes Intersecting planes Obtuse and acute

angles Skew lines No parallel lines

Object in five planes Intersecting planes Obtuse and acute

angles Skew lines No parallel lines

Complex designComplex designComplex designComplex design