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Questions about Noguchi
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/07/2010

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What were the nationalities of Noguchi's parents?
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Mother - American. Father - Japanese
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What famous artist he he travel "south" to work with?
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Diego Rivera
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What "building material" decorative facade did he use to make his slotted pieces?
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thin sheets of stone cut from building facades found in junk yard
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What traditional functional art items did he reinvent?
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lanterns. created the paper lanterns (he called them acari)
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What was the happiest time in his life & what work did he make?
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his marriage. he created the Big Boy sculpture
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What completely crazy thing did he do voluntarily to try to connect to his people?
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he entered a Japanese internment camp during WWII
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How does he describe his time to die?
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as going into the stone. he considered all parts of life to be like stone.
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