LibGuides: Visual Arts: Art Year 9 & 10

Antony Gormley's figures

Article: Antony Gormley's human figures make their last stand high in Austrian Alps - The Guardian
Antony Gormley has made sculptures of humans standing as 'silent witnesses' on top of mountains across Europe. In this article he talks what he thinks the human form means in his work.
The making of Domain Field
This video is an interview with Gormley about his installation of wire figures called 'Domain Field'.
Antony Gormley's sculptures
An image gallery from Antony Gormley's website, specifically of his sculptures of the human figure.


Blue green bridge (2000)	Some/one (2001)	Public figures (1998-1999)

Art 21: Do Ho Suh
Read about Do Ho Suh's famous human figures and get an understanding of his influences and themes.

Mark Quinn is a British artist who makes uses the human form in many of his sculptures, including the huge 'Planet' sculpture of his 7 month old son.

Mark Quinn talks about making the solid gold scupture 'Siren' for the British Museum.

Google Art Project
The definitive online resource for searching for artworks. Google has captured the best artworks from world famous art galleries around the world and put them on this website. You can zoom in on artworks, read about the artist, compare two artworks side by side, and lots more!
Pinterest's Art page
See what famous and undiscovered art is being admired by subscribers to Pinterest. This page also includes historical photos of artists like Frida Kahlo at work.

Elements of Art
If you want to write about art, you need to know what makes up an artwork. This BBC bitesize webpage defines all 8 art elements for you, read through all the pages.
How to analyse an artist's work
This webpage goes into more detail so you can write about: the story behind the artwork (context), how it makes you feel, and why it makes you feel that way.

Antony Gormley by Martin Caiger-Smith
Call Number: 730.92 CAI
ISBN: 9781854377975
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
"Few contemporary artists have enjoyed the popular acclaim and critical profile that Antony Gormley has gained in recent years. Perhaps more than any other contemporary artist he has succeeded in taking his work beyond the gallery to engage the public in previously untried settings" [back cover].