stabile - (pronounced stah-beel) - A type of 20th century sculpture which consists of a stationary object, usually on a base of some kind.
Mobile/Stabile Terms coined to describe work created by Alexander Calder. The mobile is a hanging, movable sculpture and the stabile rests on the ground but also may have moving parts.
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stabile - An abstract sculpture that has movable parts similar to a mobile, but that is attached to a solid, unmovable base rather than suspended.
Lost Wax: A method of creating a wax mold of a sculpture and then heating the mold to melt out the wax and replace it with a molten metal or plastic.
Mobile/Stabile: Terms coined to describe work created by Alexander Calder.
Sphere Pierced by Cylinders (1939), wire and paint; the first of many floor standing, life size stabiles (predating Anthony Caro's plinthless sculptures by two decades) ...
Stabile
A style of 20th century sculpture consisting of a stationary object, fixed to a base of some description.
In Pans in the 1930s he was influenced by the work of Mondrian and Miro and broke new ground with his wire figure sculptures; these 'stabiles' gave place to C.'s new concept in sculpture, the mobile.
Calder's entire oeuvre was certainly varied — sculptures (including mobiles, stabiles, standing mobiles, and wire sculptures), and monumental outdoor works, as well as oil paintings, works on paper, toys, jewelry, and household objects.
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Refers to materials that meet certain criteria for conditions such as lignin-free, pH neutral, alkaline buffered, stabile in light, etc.
Armature
A rigid framework serving as a supporting inner core for clay or other soft, sculpting material.
stabile - kinetic sculpture attached to a solid, unmovable base
stained glass - glass that has been colored, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having metallic oxides fused into it ...
 See also: Sculpture, Plate, Painting, Movement, Size
  
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