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1、Material4-10TextAThatLouisNevelsonisbelievedbymanycriticstobethegreatesttwentieth-centuiysculptorisallthemoreremarkablebecausethegreatestresistancetowomenartistshasbeen,untilrecently,inthefieldofsculpto匚SinceNeolithictimes,sculpturehasbeenconsideredtheprerogativeofmen,partly,p
2、erhapsforpurelyphysicalreasons;itwaserroneouslyassumedthatwomenwerenotsuitedforthehardmanuallaborrequiredinsculptingstone,carvingwood,orworkinginImetal.Ithasbeenonlyduringthetwentiethcenturythatwomensculptorshavebeenrecognizedasmajorartists,andithasbeenintheUnitedStates,especi
3、allysincethedecadesofthefiftiesandIsixtiesthatwomensculptorshaveshownthegreatestoriginalityandcreativepowe匚TheirrisetoprominenceparallelsthedevelopmentofsculptureitselfintheUnitedStates,whiletherehadbeenafewtalentedsculptorsintheUnitedStatesbeforethe1940s,itwasonlyafter1945—wh
4、enNewYorkwasrapidlybecomingtheartcapitaloftheworld—thatmajorsculpturewasproducedintheIUnitedStates.Someofthebestweretheworksofwomen.ByfarthemostoutstandingofthesewomenisLouisNevelson,whointheeyesofmanycriticsisthemostoriginalfemaleartistalivetoday.Onefamousandinfluentialcritic
5、,HiltonKramer,saidofherwork,MFormyself,IthinkMs.Nevelsonsucceedswherethepaintersoftenfail/1HerworkshavebeencomparedtotheCubistconstructionsofPicasso,theSurrealisticobjectsofMiro,andMerzbauofSchwitters.Nevelsonwouldbethefirsttoadmitthatshehasbeeninfluencedbyallofthese,aswellasb
6、yAmericansculptures,andbynativeAmericanandpre-Columbianart,butshehasabsorbedalltheseinfluencesandstillcreatedadistinctiveartthatexpressestheurbanlandscapeandtheaestheticsensibilityofthetwentiethcentury・Nevelsonsays,HIhavealwayswantedtoshowtheworldthatartiseverywhereexceptthati
7、thastopassthroughacreativemind.”Usingmostlydiscardedwoodenobjectslikepackingcrates,brokenpiecesoffurniture,andabandonedarchitecturalornaments,allofwhichshehashoardedforyears,sheassemblesarchitecturalconstructionsofgreatbeautyandpower.Creatingveryfreelywithnosketches,shegluesan
8、dnailsobjectstogether,paintstheminboxes・Theseassemblages,wall
