One more passage...I'm confused

[leeloo1634776803]

With Robert Laurent and William Zorach, direct carving enters into the story of modern sculpture in the United States. Direst carving- in which the sculptors themselves carve stone or wood with mallet and chisel- must be recognized as something more than just a technique. Implicit in it is an aesthetic principle as well: that the medium has certain qualities of beauty and expressiveness with which sculptors must bring their own aesthetic sensibilities into harmony. For example, sometimes the shape or veining in a piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, but even the subject matter.

The technique of direct carving was a break with the nineteenth-century tradition in which the making of a clay model was considered the creative act and the work was then turned over to studio assistants to be cast in plaster or bronze or carved in marble. Neoclassical sculptors seldom held a mallet or chisel in their own hands, readily conceding that the assistants they employed were far better than they were at carving the finished marble.

With the turn-of the century Crafts movement and the discovery of nontraditional sources of inspiration, such as wooden African figures and masks,there arose a new urge for hands-on, personal execution of art and an interaction with the medium. Even as early as the 1880's and 1890's, nonconformist European artists were attempting direct carving. By the second decade of the twentieth century, Americans- Laurent and Zorach most notably- had adopted it as their primary means of working.

Born in France,Robert Laurent (1890-1970) was a prodigy who received his education in the United States. In 1905 he was sent to Paris as an apprentice to an art dealer, and in the years that followed he witnessed the birth of Cubism, discovered primitive art, and learned the tehniques of woodcarving from a frame maker.

Back in New York City by 1910, Laurent began carving pieces such as The Priestess, which reveals his fascination with African, pre-Columbian, and South Pacific art. Taking a walnut plank, tha sculptor carved the expressive, stylized design. It is one of the earliest examples of direct carving in American sculpture. The plank's frm dictated the rigidly frontal view and the low relief. Even its irregular shape must have appealed to Laurent as a break with a long-standing tradition that required a sculptor to work within a perfect rectangle or square.

 

And the question is:

Where did Robert Laurent learn to carve?

(A)New York

(B)Africa

©The South Pacific

(D)Paris

 

Thank you for your patience[clap]

[clovew]

D,"In 1905 he was sent to Paris as an apprentice to an art dealer, and in the years that followed he witnessed the birth of Cubism, discovered primitive art, and learned the tehniques of woodcarving from a frame maker."

[leeloo1634776803]

Hey clovew,

thanks for reply!

But...

"Born in France,Robert Laurent (1890-1970) was a prodigy who received his education in the United States."

and then:

"Back in New York City by 1910..."

So maybe he learned to carve in NYC?

In Paris he learned the tehniques of WOODCARVING(I guess it's a branch of carving),so I'M STILL CONFUSED:hmm:

[Ricihe]

Hey clovew,

thanks for reply!

But...

"Born in France,Robert Laurent (1890-1970) was a prodigy who received his education in the United States."

and then:

"Back in New York City by 1910..."

So maybe he learned to carve in NYC?

In Paris he learned the tehniques of WOODCARVING(I guess it's a branch of carving),so I'M STILL CONFUSED:hmm:

 

How have you been Leeloo?:)

 

I can tell the answer, cause I'm an art student as you probably know.

Wood carving is one of carving. So he started learn to carve w/ wood. whuch is just a material.(Wood is probabrly a basic process of carving)

 

Ex> Paingting - Oil, water color etc ... however, we just called them as a painting. The water color is usually required to learn before the oil painting.

I learned to paint with water color from my country. And Oil in U.S.

 

This is what I think ...

 

Richie

[awhig]

i concur with Richie. 'D' is the correct choice.

[leeloo1634776803]

Thanks guy:)Everything is clear now:tup: