Google posts interactive Calder logo

Google continues to mildly entertain us with various logos to celebrate different events. Today they have a logo to celebrate the life of Alexander Calder. Google's newest doodle shows off the dynamic rendering capabilities of HTML5.

Alexander Calder (1898-1976), whose illustrious career spanned much of the 20th century, is the most acclaimed and influential sculptor of our time. Born in a family of celebrated, though more classically trained artists, Calder utilized his innovative genius to profoundly change the course of modern art. He began by developing a new method of sculpting: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially "drew" three-dimensional figures in space. He is renowned for the invention of the mobile, whose suspended, abstract elements move and balance in changing harmony. Calder also devoted himself to making outdoor sculpture on a grand scale from bolted sheet steel. Today, these stately titans grace public plazas in cities throughout the world.

Check out the logo at Google and play with it some or stop by Calder.org for more information.