Demonstrates the relationships between movement in nature, in space-time concepts, and in abstract art forms. Shows the relationship between space and motion in the mobiles of Calder and Usher, in the paintings of Balla, Kadinsky and Van Gogh, and in the abstract film “Colour Fragments” by Elwood Decker.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
310833
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Cinematography
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Abstract
Crafts & Visual Arts → Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
Crafts & Visual Arts → Kadinsky, Wassily, 1866-1916
Crafts & Visual Arts → Movement in art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Movement, Aesthetics of
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Movement, Aesthetics of
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Motion
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space and time
Music & Performing Arts → Movement, Aesthetics of
People → Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)