How this was made!
subject: The process of creation
description: To make this collection, I first sorted through the Tate Museum's collection of artwork from the 1940s using OpenRefine to find interesting topics to examine. I then uploaded images of Alberto Giacometti's works onto Omeka, and wrote descriptions based on those from the Tate Museum. I hope that this can help to teach about the fascinating works of Alberto Giacometti.
creator: Zack Shawn
source: Tate Museum
date: October 27, 2022
format: Text
type: Text

Interior
subject: Interior
description: This is a painting of Giacometti's Parisian studio, with many of his sculptures on the floor. Giacometti is most known for his sculptures, but painting was also an important part of his career. His style of painting, composed of thin lines, is reminiscent of his sculpture style as well, making meaning out of simple shapes.
creator: Alberto Giacometti
publisher: Tate Museum
date: 1949
format: Oil paint on canvas
type: Painting

Man Pointing
subject: Man Pointing
description: Man Pointing is Giacometti's most famous work, and the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction. The work was made in one night for an exhibition in New York, and was painted by hand by Giacometti. It is remarkable for it's size, at a towering 5 feet and 8 inches. The version in the Tate isn't the one that sold for 126 million, but it is still one of their most interesting works.
creator: Alberto Giacometti
publisher: Tate Museum
date: 1947
format: Bronze
type: Sculpture

Seated Man
subject: Seated Man
description: A painting of his brother, this captures the intense thought contained in Giacometti's paintings. He felt that the process of painting a model was alienating, saying that "When he poses for me I don’t recognise him". This is reflected in the simple style and plain but descriptive name, both common features of Giacometti's style.
creator: Alberto Giacometti
publisher: Tate Museum
date: 1949
format: Oil paint on canvas
type: Painting
coverage: N05909

Tall Figure II
subject: Tall Figure
description: A sculpture of a figure, this work is elongated to the point of being essentially a straight line with a head, adding to the impression of height. This is typical of Giacometti's sculptural style, but it's simplicity only makes it more striking. Though it may seem small over an image, it is actually 5 and a half feet tall.
creator: Alberto Giacometti
publisher: Tate Museum
date: 1948-9
format: Bronze
type: Sculpture

Two Figures
subject: Two Figures
description: A painting, "Two Figures" depicts a figure standing with arms outstretched, and a second, seemingly smaller figure, so vague that it's unclear what it's doing. It's often thought to be a sketch for Giacometti's most famous sculpture, Pointing Man, but Giacometti said he was merely preoccupied with the subject of "the encounter of figures outdoors in a landscape".
creator: Alberto Giacometti
source: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/giacometti-two-figures-t00258
publisher: Tate Museum
date: 1947
format: Oil paint on paper
type: Painting