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PRONUNCIATION OF BRANCUSI

Brancusi  [bræŋˈkuːzɪ] play
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WHAT DOES BRANCUSI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brancusi

Constantin Brâncuși

Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian sculptor who made his career in France. Considered a pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Famous Brâncuși works include the Sleeping Muse, The Kiss, Prometheus, Mademoiselle Pogany, The Newborn, Bird in Space and The Column of the Infinite , popularly known as The Endless Column.

Definition of Brancusi in the English dictionary

The definition of Brancusi in the dictionary is Constantin. 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms.

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Бранкузи
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRANCUSI»

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Brancusi: the white work
But the 96 photographs collected in this volume are to be seen as an oeuvre in their own right, formally autonomous, showing exceptional aesthetic and technical quality.The book opens new dimensions in space and time of Brancusi's work, ...
Constantin Brâncuşi, Paola Mola, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 2005
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Brancusi vs. United States, the Historic Trial, 1928
Now, for the first time, the complete minutes of the trial are available, reprinted from the original transcript preserved in the Museum of Modern Art Library, New York.
Margit Rowell, 1999
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Constantin Brancusi
Text by Carolyn Lanchner.
Carolyn Lanchner, 2010
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Constantin Brancusi
Traces the life of the Romanian-born sculptor, discusses the influences on his work, and shows examples of his sculpture
Eric Shanes, 1989
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Brancusi
Review of the sculptor's artistic development. Includes 107 photographs, many full-page.
Ionel Jianu, 1963
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Brancusi
This definitive book on the work of Constantin Brancusi is back in print, in deluxe hardcover. It features one of the most complete collections of Brancusi's work in one volume.
Radu Varia, 2003
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Constantin Brancusi
In Constantin Brancusi, Sanda Miller employs these extensive new resources to better assess Brancusi’s life and work in relationship to each other, providing valuable and innovative insights into his relationships with friends, collectors ...
Sanda Miller, 2010
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Brancusi and His World
This collection of essays is based on 35 years of Edith Balasas scholarship of Constantin Brancusi, the twentieth centuryas most influential sculptor.
Edith Balas, 2008
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Art in France, 1900-1940
CHANGE AND CONTRADICTION: THE PROVOCATIONS OF BRANCUSI, DUCHAMP AND PICABIA There was at least one vantage point from which Brancusi's sculpture represented a challenge to the essentialism for which it ostensibly ...
Christopher Green, 2000
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New York Magazine
Great artists, of course, of- :ten resist classification: The clerks of criticism struggle with Brancusi because his eagle does not fit their pigeonhole. But Brancusi is also difficult to place because he depends upon paradoxes to render a sensation  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRANCUSI»

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Staring Back: 400 Years of Portraits at the Morgan
Dürer's drawing, in its current context, looks as compact as a Brancusi sculpture, an audaciously abstract compression of solids and voids. «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
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Ways to measure greatness: A retrospective of Barbara Hepworth's …
For many critics Hepworth is simply too well-mannered to be considered alongside contemporaries such as Brancusi and Giacometti or, even, ... «The National, Jul 15»
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Romania's Constantin Brancusi ensemble fails to make it on …
However, the stone sculptural installations in Constantin Brancusi Park are much less widely renowned, both as works of monumental ... «Romania-Insider.com, Jul 15»
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Erik Satie: a life less ordinary
It is no coincidence that some of his closest friends, latterly, were radical artists such as Man Ray, Brancusi and Duchamp, or a much younger, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Opinionator | Change Comes From the Margins
... came — in person or vicariously, through their work — from the margins: Munch, Malevich, Brancusi, Picasso, Chagall, Kafka, Borges, Joyce, ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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'Math Bass: Off the Clock' Poses Few Questions and Supplies Fewer …
Many artists have courted formal and conceptual polyvalence, but few as successfully as Brancusi, so it's hard to see what further complication ... «Village Voice, Jun 15»
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West Virginians find 'Common Notes' in exchange visit to Romania
For most of their visit, the West Virginians stayed in Targu Jiu, which is near the birthplace of famous sculptor Constantin Brancusi. This photo ... «Charleston Gazette, Jun 15»
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An Artist's Artist: Yoan Capote at Jack Shainman Gallery
... of this moment,” referring to Cuba's mid-century analogue to Henry Moore and Constantin Brancusi. In the studio at ISA, Capote once saw the ... «Blouinartinfo UK, Jun 15»
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Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for the Modern World review …
Two Forms – a pair of smooth marble eggs positioned so that they appear to be in close communication – so resembles Brancusi's polished ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Modern Barbara Hepworth show at the Tate seeks postmodern …
... introduced Hepworth to the European avant garde, whisking her from Pablo Picasso to Constantin Brancusi to Jean Arp to Georges Braque. «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»

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