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Your lesson this week: Alexander Calder - the man who revolutionised the art of sculpture by making it "mobile"
Your teacher is Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Take the quiz!
1. How old was Calder when he began making sculpture gifts for his family?
2. What degree did Calder study?
b. Behavioural science
d. Visual arts
3. Where was Calder when he had a vision that dominated & influenced his art?
a. Studying at the Art Students League
b. on a ship off the Guatemalan coast
c. in Philadelphia making bagels
d. at a logging camp
4. What was the name of Calder's first book published in 1925?
a. Animal House
b. Animal Sketching
d. Animals Animals
5. Which form of entertainment inspired much of Calder's work?
a. a visit to the zoo
b. the circus
c. the movies
d. a dance performance
6. Who coined the term "mobile" in reference to Calder's moving sculptures?
a. Piet Mondrian
c. Martha Graham
d. Marcel Duchamp
7. What was the name given to his large outdoor stationary constructions?
d. none of the above
8. How old was Calder when he died?
ANSWERS: 1)b 2)c 3)b 4)b 5)b 6)d 7)a 8)b