Like many contemporary sculptors, martin puryear, as seen in his old mole, seems to be askingquestions about:
(a) the representation of the animal form(b) the symbolic meaning of death(c) the symbolism of shape(d) the representation of color

c) the symbolism of shape

Explanation:

Old Mole, as other Puryear's art sculptures, is an abstract representation and the analysis of the symbolic representation.

When we see the theme and look closely the sculpture, we can clearly see a symbolic representation of the shape of the mole's head and torso emerging from the earth.

This large cedar sculpture is a shape study of the symbolic form of the tunnel animal we know.

        i think it is referred as the 8th wonder of the world because each of the terra cotta warriors was not the same. they each had many things with their physical stature, like different height, armor, and different characteristics, which were all different. what makes it interesting is that there were 8,000 soldiers in that tomb. so making that many soldiers for the emperor meant a-lot to the emperor. it means that their is strength in numbers now matter how different.

hope it : p