Author(s)

Yifan Liu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Design, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, 210000, China

Corresponding Author

Yifan Liu

ABSTRACT

Kinetic sculpture first appeared in the early twentieth century, gradually transitioning from cubism to the current "kinetic art", which is an important part of modern Western sculpture. The paper mainly collects and summarizes the kinetic sculpture works between the early twentieth century and the 1930s. The paper finally summarizes that there are three different styles in the early development of kinetic sculpture: mechanical structure, shadow and light interaction, and rhythm of movement, and uses a large number of cases to confirm the influence of the exploration and development of these three styles on the field of kinetic sculpture as well as on the thinking of today's kinetic art creation.

KEYWORDS

Kinetic art; Kinetic sculpture; Design style

CITE THIS PAPER

Yifan Liu, An Exploration of the Early Styles of Kinetic Sculpture. Art and Performance Letters (2023) Vol. 4: 21-25. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2023.040904.

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