The Wisdom of the Earth

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modernist sculpture sculpture

The Wisdom of the Earth is a modernist sculpture by Constantin Brâncuși that exemplifies his simplified, organic approach to the human form and helped establish his reputation as a pioneering 20th-century sculptor.

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Label	Occurrences
The Wisdom of the Earth canonical	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	modernist sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cumințenia Pământului NERFINISHED ⓘ
artForm	figurative sculpture ⓘ
artHistoricalImportance	early key work in Brâncuși’s move toward abstraction ⓘ
artist	Constantin Brâncuși NERFINISHED ⓘ
artisticStyle	abstraction ⓘ simplified organic forms ⓘ
country	Romania ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	Constantin Brâncuși NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality	Romanian NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Romanian national cultural heritage ⓘ
depicts	female figure ⓘ
era	Modern art ⓘ
exemplifies	Brâncuși’s simplified approach to the human form ⓘ organic treatment of the human body ⓘ
genre	Modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle	The Wisdom of the Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	20th-century abstract sculpture ⓘ modernist treatments of the human figure ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage	Romanian ⓘ
inception	1907 ⓘ
influencedBy	folk art ⓘ primitivism ⓘ
location	Bucharest NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ stone ⓘ
movement	Modernism ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Constantin Brâncuși NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	Cumințenia Pământului NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Brâncuși’s early sculptural oeuvre ⓘ
period	early 20th century ⓘ
portraysEmotion	contemplation ⓘ inner calm ⓘ
significance	helped establish Brâncuși’s reputation as a pioneering 20th-century sculptor ⓘ
subjectMatter	human figure ⓘ seated woman ⓘ
threeDimensionalForm	sculpture in the round ⓘ

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Constantin Brâncuși → notableWork → The Wisdom of the Earth ⓘ