SentinelsSculptures Inspired by the Native Americans’ Culture

14th Annual Bridges Conference

Jim R. PaulsenReza Sarhangi

Others  :  http://bridgesmathart.org/2011/cdrom/proceedings/23/paper_23.pdf
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来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

This article explores the mathematics and science behind a series of sculptures by Professor Jim Paulsen.The goal is toshow how the social and cultural elements surrounding an abstract sculptor, in this case Paulsen, shape the resultantartworks.Abstraction in creating sculpture, very similar to music, may separate the final created art from its very firstidea of creation in a way that the two ends of the spectrum seem to be two unrelated matters, especially if the works arepartly based on emotions or events only known to the artist. Nevertheless, some gestures by the artist may reveal the