This Italian art film traces a relationship between the shapes of nature and the modern sculpture of the Henry Moore school. The film considers the geometrical lines of nature - the shapes and lines of the human body, the structure of crystals and the spiral lines of a snail’s shell - a combination of calculation and creative impulse. Art, by dint of instinct, approaches nature’s examples, thus widening the range of our eyes and our minds. (Award: Venice)
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
320851
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Italy - Venice - Awards
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Form (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Geometry
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)