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Dr Hannah Higham traces the shifting influences of the ancient world on the work of Henry Moore – from Sumerian art to Greek Classicism
This year the Henry Moore Foundation is celebrating its 40th anniversary and marking the occasion with an exhibition, entitled Becoming Henry Moore, which gives an insight into the artist’s early inspiration, revealing the interesting relationship he had with the ancient world. It is currently on show at his former home and studios at Perry Green in Hertfordshire until 22 October, before it tranfers to the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds in November.
Moore in front of the small Ionic temple of Athena Nike in Athens, 1951.
Many different things shaped Henry Moore’s sense of sculptural form from a young age. During his childhood in Castleford, Yorkshire, he was surrounded by pyramidal
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