|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
César
César ( César Baldaccini) (b Marseilles, 1 Jan. 1921; d Paris, 6 Jan. 1998). French sculptor and experimental artist. His work was highly varied, but he became best known for ingenious use of scrap material. In the mid-1950s he began to make sculptures from objects that he found in refuse dumps—scrap iron, springs, tin cans, etc.—building these up with wire into strange winged or insect-like creatures. These had closer affinities, however, with the insect-creatures of Germaine Richier than with American Junk art. In 1960 he began making works consisting of car bodies crushed with a hydraulic press into dense packages (he called such sculptures Compressions) and it is on these that his international reputation was mainly based (The Yellow Buick, 1961, MoMA, New York). In 1965 he started working with plastics, and in 1967, as a counterpart to his Compressions, he began making Expansions, using plastics that expand rapidly and quickly solidify; sometimes he made such works in public as a kind of happening.
|
|
|
Cite this article
IAN CHILVERS. "César." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "César." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Csar.html IAN CHILVERS. "César." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Csar.html |
|
César
César ( César Baldaccini) (1921–1998). French sculptor and experimental artist. His work was highly varied, but he became best known for his ingenious use of scrap material. In the mid-1950s he began to make sculptures from material that he found in refuse dumps—scrap iron, springs, tin cans, etc.—building these up with wire into strange winged or insect-like creatures. These had closer affinities, however, with the insect-creatures of Germaine Richier than with the California school of Junk sculpture. In 1960 he began making works consisting of car bodies crushed with a hydraulic press into dense packages (he called sculptures in this genre Compressions) and it is on these that his international reputation is mainly based (The Yellow Buick, 1961, MoMA, New York). In 1965 he began working with plastics, and in 1967, as a counterpart to his Compressions, he began making Expansions, using plastics that expand rapidly and quickly solidify; sometimes he made such works in public as a kind of happening.
|
|
|
Cite this article
IAN CHILVERS. "César." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "César." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Csar.html IAN CHILVERS. "César." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Csar.html |
|
Cesar
Cesar ♂ (Spanish) From the Latin family name Caesar. See Caesar.
|
|
|
Cite this article
PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Cesar." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Cesar." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Cesar.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Cesar." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Cesar.html |
|
César
César ♂ (French) From Latin. See Caesar.
|
|
|
Cite this article
PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "César." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "César." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Csar.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "César." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Csar.html |
|
Cesar
CESAR |
|
|
Cite this article
"Cesar." International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cesar." International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3406800173.html "Cesar." International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3406800173.html |
|
César
César
•César, quasar
|
|
|
Cite this article
"César." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "César." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Csar.html "César." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Csar.html |
|
CESAR
CESAR (USA) Center for Engineering Systems Advanced Research
|
|
|
Cite this article
FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CESAR." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CESAR." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-CESAR.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CESAR." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-CESAR.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
