Bodies that speak

Body language

Some artists make use of articulated drawing mannequins to represent the human body instead of using models. These mannequins make it easier to understand postures that the body can adopt when we move, play sports, dance, etc.

By looking at gestures and body postures, we are able to interpret what people want to convey to us. Look and match.

Bodies that speak

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A mannequin couple

Look and arrange the pieces from the previous page and glue them. Then, imagine a dialogue between the two characters.

In this piece the Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico (18881979) transports us to a world of fantasy. He simplifies the human body and brings mannequins to life. Hector is a hero of ancient Greece and Andromache is his wife. The couple say goodbye. Hector leaves for a fight from which he will not return.

Design and geometry in fashion

The artist Sonia Delaunay presents her paintings along with her textile designs. She uses many polygonal shapes. Her work is also based on colourful compositions using circumferences, circles, semicircles...

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Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) was a French painter, who also designed fashion. Her works are characterised as being abstract and using geometric forms such as concentric circles and semicircles.

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Fashion in the style of Sonia Delaunay

Look at the examples and create your own piece of clothing using geometric shapes.