...Walking Man. Musee d' Orsay, Paris. 17 Oct. 2012. Illustration from Gardner’s Art through the Ages. Dear Editor, My name is François-‐Auguste-‐René Rodin and I’m the creator of the 1907 sculpture Walking Man. I’m writing this letter in response to the critic that stated that my work was crude and unimpressive -‐ a waste of time and metal. In this letter I will be going over a few things that will disprove all that this critic has said. I will go over the sculpture, describing it as if it was your first time looking at it, why I chose bronze and how it is not a waste, why I chose this subject and its characteristics and in the process hopefully change anyone’s mind about their perception of this particular piece. For all the work that I do exudes life, nature and truth. The art critic at the Paris Times has failed to understand...
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...AUGUSTE RODIN’S GATES OF HELL The Gates of Hell (conceived in 1880 – 1917; by Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917) is housed at the Musée Rodin in Paris, France. (Musée D'Orsay). This impressive gateway was commissioned by the French state. (Gerald) The new appointed Secretary of Fine Arts, Edmond Tuquet (1836 – 1914), venerates Rodin’s art pieces and commissioned the sculpture on August 16th 1880 for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. The original arrangements for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs were discarded three years later. (Musèe) Therefore, Rodin left and focused on experimenting and redesigning the portal for the next 20 years. At that point, the sculpture was still remained at its plaster stage; the gateway was not molded in bronze until Rodin’s death in 1917. Rodin’s Gates of Hell was reputed as a distinct piece considering his unique interpretation of its rough surface texture and shape that demonstrates the illustration of Dante Alighieri’s famous poem, The Divine Comedy (1308 – 1321). A few of Rodin’s most famous sculptures including The Thinker (1880 - 1925), The Kiss (1888 – 1889) and The Three Shades (1902) are inspired by the alto relievo sculptures in The Gates of Hell. This masterpiece was created anon after the Franco- Prussian War (1870 – 1871) during the installation of the French Third Republic (1871 – 1940). Auguste Rodin accepted the commission for The Gates of Hell anon after the Franco- Prussian War between French and German Empires. After France has lost the war...
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...written portion. Sources must be listed at the end of the written portion, this is not included as a part of your five page minimum. Do not use Wikipedia as your main source of information (I will know!!) Yet you can use Wikipedia as a starting place for your research (at the bottom of most Wikipedia pages there are a list of source links that you can use as a source of information.) Papers are to be double spaced and maximum type is 12pts. Please, Please, PLEASE spell-check. When dealing with art and terms it is very important that you use the correct terms and vocabulary! Points will be taken off for poor grammar. Artist that you can do are: Gustav Klimt, Louise Nevelson, Kathe Kollwitz, John Singer Sargent, Auguste Rodin, Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Diego Rivera, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Wangechi Mutu, Camille Claudel, Georgia Okeefe, or an artist that you and I will discuss if you have a specific artist in mind. The information you provide should include artist history, history of the movement that the artist belonged to (if any), Your personal reaction to the art (before and after your investigation for instance) AND again the knowledge and terminology you gained during the span of the class. This counts as you FINAL! Do good...
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...August Rodin is a French sculptor born in 1840 and died in 1917. In 1882, he made a sculpture called Sorrow and after seven years he did a sculpture called Head of Pierre de Wissant in 1889. Both sculptures are made from bronze. Even though the two sculptures have similarities and differences, each piece of art have a similarity in shape, texture, light and value, and the physicality of sculpture. One significant similarity is that the sculptures have the same shape. Both faces are made from bronze and they have the same form and silhouette. The sculptures are composed of one solid form. It is called a closed form and the silhouette is solid too. Both sculptures are alike in the contour line. They have short length, thick width and a sharp focus to express the tough realism to his sculptures. In addition, the texture of the head of Pierre De Wissant and the sorrow is the way the spectators feel when they touch it. In art, there are two kinds of texture a real one and an implied one. These two sculptures have a real texture because they are made of bronze. They are smooth and sharp. Also, the form and space in both sculptures are similar. The form three dimensional. Although the space can be positive or negative, but in sculptures it is always positive. The Positive form is the part of the work that is filled with subject matter as the head of Pierre De Wissant and the sorrow are both faces. Moreover, both sculptures have the same light and value, Rodin made them...
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...Constantin Brâncuși was aRomanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. His abstract style emphasizes cleangeometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Considered the pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. In 1903, Brâncuși traveled to Munich, and from there to Paris. In Paris, he was welcomed by the community of artists and intellectuals brimming with new ideas.[3] He worked for two years in the workshop of Antonin Mercié of the École des Beaux-Arts, and was invited to enter the workshop of Auguste Rodin. Even though he admired the eminent Rodin he left the Rodin studio after only two months, saying, "Nothing can grow under big trees."[1] After leaving Rodin's workshop, Brâncuși began developing the revolutionary style for which he is known. His first commissioned work, "The Prayer", was part of a gravestone memorial. It depicts a young woman crossing herself as she kneels, and marks the first step toward abstracted, non-literal representation, and shows his drive to depict "not the outer form but the idea, the essence of things." He also began doing more carving, rather than the method popular with his contemporaries, that of modeling in clay or plaster which would be cast in metal, and by 1908 he worked almost exclusively by carving. His work became popular in the U.S., however, and he visited several times during his life. Worldwide fame in 1933 brought...
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...Cultural Event Report Antonio Coleman HUM 111 Dr. Andrew N Allphin 12/19/2012 I visited the Chrysler Museum of Art, on December 19th, 2012 this was my first time attending since I was a child. The Museum was free to tour and took donations. I was amazed by the beautiful sculptures as well as the paintings and how they can be well preserved for a very long time. One item that interested me came from the African art section of the museum. This item was the African drum; the drum was made of made of wood and hide, in the Cameroon Grasslands. Early- to mid-20th century Cameroon grassfields Cameroon Wood and hide Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2400 numerous independent kingdoms comprise the Cameroon grassfields, and language and customs vary from one village to the next. However, the architecture and symbols depicted on this royal drum appear commonly throughout the region. All of the scenes that appear on the drum in some way convey the king's power and wealth. The king's compound, a collection of buildings with steeply pitched roofs, appears prominently in the lower register of images. The band of animals encircling the bottom represents crocodiles and the presence of water near the king's home. Such sites have clear benefits for agriculture and would have been preferred for the elite. The pattern encircling the top of the drum represents spiders. Used for divination, spiders are also symbols of wisdom. Another piece of art that interested...
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...lower register of images. The band of animals encircling the bottom represents crocodiles and the presence of water near the king's home. Such sites have clear benefits for agriculture and would have been preferred for the elite. The pattern encircling the top of the drum represents spiders. Used for divination, spiders are also symbols of wisdom. Another piece of art that interested me is The Age of Bronze sculpture. This is a full size bronze statue of a nude male. His right hand rests on his head in a clenched fist. His left arm is raised, but bent at the elbow, also in a clenched fist. His face is turned slightly upward and his eyes are almost closed. He is in the contrapposto position, his left foot slightly ahead of his right. August Rodin French (1840-1917) The Age of Bronze, 1876 first cast in bronze 1880; this bronze cast at a later date Gift of Walter P. Chrysler Jr....
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...would be the art of medicine (Frank, P., 2011, p. 2-16). Different Types of Art There are many different types of art. This section will show examples of a painting, a sculpture, architecture, photography, printmaking, conceptual art, installation art and performance art and whether it exemplifies the definition of the word “art”. * Painting Quiet Times This is a painting by Donald Zolan an American painter & Artist. I chose this picture because it reminds you of the childhood when you first learned how to read on your own. When children begin to read books their imaginations often travel to a magical place * Sculpture The Thinker This sculpture was created by Auguste Rodin whose first cast was created in 1903 is now located in the Musée Rodin in Paris. This sculpture exemplifies human behavior according to the web page...
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...Bad Break-ups and Madness: A Natural Connection Bryan Pi FRLT 46 Prof. Loucif Bryan Pi FRLT 46 Final Paper Bad Break-ups and Madness: A Natural Connection Sexuality and romance form a very strong bond between people that goes far deeper than a mere sexual attraction. When two people fall in love or even start engaging in sexual behavior, an attachment is formed that is very powerful and can stray how our minds function. In many cases, after engaging in sexual intercourse, our brains are tricked into believing that a person is perfect for us and that it can only be this person that we may fall in love with. We become infatuated with our lover and even obsess over them in their absence. When we are with them, we can't stop thinking about how perfect the situation is. When we are apart from them, we think about nothing else but the next time we will see them. We think about what our partner is doing when they're away and worrying about if they are okay. A separation from our partners for long periods of time causes our minds to think of nothing else but whether or not they are finding love elsewhere. This anxiety is the direct result of this separation and is a major contributor to the development of mental illnesses. It is not always a physical distance between these people that defines this separation. Quite often, a couple can still be living under the same roof but also feel this separation in a more emotional sense. This can be in the form of a distraction...
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...Interpreting “Love” and “The Kiss” In the book Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide, there are two sculptures that depict different meanings of the same word, love. The first sculpture “The Kiss” was created by the artist Auguste Rodin. It shows two naked people kissing in a passionate embrace. The second sculpture “LOVE” was created by the artist Robert Indiana, and it shows the four letters, L-O-V-E, stacked in a square. “The Kiss” either implies that people can have love for just a moment in time, or that it is showing how two people express their love for one another. In this case, it was be implying love more than lust, but the depiction is left to the viewer. On the other hand, “LOVE” suggests that love can mean a number of things depending on the viewer. The artist seems to have a more broad view of love, whereas Rodin depicts a specific moment. These two artists are showing their arguments on the subject of love. “The Kiss”, to the viewer, looks like it depicts lust more than love if a person looks at it one way. However, he may be showing that some people could consider lust to be love, or he could be showing how two people show their love for one another by passionately embracing and touching. This implies that love can be just as real sensually as it can be emotionally. The two people are naked, which makes it look like more than a kiss. It is showing love in the heat of the moment, not over time. When someone sees it he may think of his...
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...According to the article Art, the definition of art is “the concept that any form of creativity should be valued for its own merits alone, rather than measured against some fixed set of criteria that is laid down by the art establishment.” The second article the definition of Art “expresses human imagination, not least when it engages with humanity's destiny.” An example of painting "The Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci the painting is an Image of a lady smiling because she is pregnant according to the article The Art Newspaper. This painting goes with the second definition of art because it expresses how Mona Lisa feels about being pregnant. An example of sculpture is by Auguste Rodin “The Thinker Statue” the purpose of The Thinker statue was to represent the artist as himself at the top of the door reflecting, The Thinker is a man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle. The sculpture is a man with a pose with hand to the chin, right elbow to the left knee, and crouching position. An example of Architecture is by Gregory Ain he is known for “Dunsmuir Flats, designed in 1937, brought in Neutra's influence in greater measure, but also displayed Ain's own ideas, limiting building costs while combining both privacy and exterior light.” An example of photography according to worlds famous photos is by Arthur Sasse, he took a photo of Albert Einstein is one of the most popular figures he is considered a genius because he created the Theory of Relativity...
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...Lehmbruck's most famous sculpture "Standing Youth," measuring 7'8" x 331/2" x 263/4" (233.7 cm x 85.1 cm x 68 cm) is one of the unique creations” (para. 2). Important changes in Lehmbruck's sculpturing style began to appear as a result of his stay in Paris from1910 to 1914, after spending time with Modigliani, Brancusi, Matisse, and Archipenko. Their presence influenced Lehmbruck to move toward Expressionism (Labedzki, 2010). Lehmbruck’s experienced technique was obvious in his sculpture of "Standing Youth," in which the statue's gothicized, lengthened bodies with their lanky positioning, and the display of emerging from the earth, lean toward a representation of Modern Heroism in sculpturing (Labedzki, 2010). After seeing an Auguste Rodin art exhibit Lehmbruck’s work was forever affected. According to World Wide Art Resources (2010), “Lehmbruck returned to Germany at the start of World War I and worked in a hospital. During this period of employment, he witnessed much suffering and trauma, which was later reflected in his artwork and in his mental health” (Biography, para. 1). This and many other factors came into play to both influence his art pieces and possibly have led him down the path to his eventual suicide. According to MoMA PS1 (2009), “A radical change...
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...Different Cultures David Sanders HUM 111 September 09, 2012 Charles Tedder Different Cultures My family and three of our close friends went to the Baltimore Museum of Art located at 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore Maryland, 21218. As we went in my wife notice some Art that was from her culture in Africa she was so excited. I was so amazed of the Art on display from different cultures especially since my wife is from Africa she knew what a lot of the are meant it was a great experience for us. But the painting that I liked was the one by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Rinaldo and Armida. Looking at the painting you could see the hate then the love they had for each other. There so many paintings from European era. Frans Halas portrait Dorothea Berck, Rembrandt Van Rijn painting of sis son Titus, Jean Baptiste Simeon, The Game of Knucklebones. Louise Elisabeth Vigee- Lebrun’s exotic painting Princess Anna Alexandrovna Galitzin. The museum had some nice works from the Medieval, and Renaissance period 14th-century Burgundian Virgin and Child carved of limestone and Titian’s sublime Portrait of a Gentleman (1561). Much of this European art collection was formed by generous Baltimoreans, notably Mary Frick Jacobs, George A. Lucas, and Jacob Epstein. An exceptional collection of 19th-century French art includes a large cast of Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker, more than 140 bronzes by animal sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, and paintings by...
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...Life After Death, What Happens After We Die? Contents Introduction 3 Ideas on Life After Death in Different Religions 4 Perception of Life After Death in Literature: Dante's “Inferno” 6 Life After Death in Art: Rodin's “The Gates of Hell” 8 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction The question associated with life after death is associated with people of all races, genders, ages and world religions. It is understandable that people cannot live forever, and death is an inevitable event. But still people are interested what will happen to them after death, and what it means to die. There are great numbers of assumptions on this issue, and people's opinions differ, but still it is difficult to reveal the truth, as nobody knows this for sure. This paper will focus on different assumptions and possible events taking place after people's death. Of course every person thinks about afterlife concept in the current period of time, as it would be really strange not to consider this issue at least once. People should understand and be aware of possible events happened to them after life in order to value the current state of affairs and life in the present period of time. It is necessary to make the right choice and build proper relationships with people surrounding you, as every day is unique, and it would be impossible to return it again. D'Souza (2009) stated that the Bible teaches people “that...
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...ART 110 – Art Appreciation North Carolina Museum of Art Assignment Contemporary Art Section 1. Find these three images. Which one do you like best and why? a. Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman, Red and Yellow Background b. Karel Schmidt-Rottluff, Portrait of Emy c. Michael Richards, Tar Baby vs St Sebastian My favorite of the three specified images in the Contemporary Art section of the North Carolina Museum of Art is hard to choose. I liked all three pieces for different reasons. I have always loved Pablo Picasso’s work and have one hanging in my home. I can appreciate the Seated Woman, Red and Yellow Background, but it not in my favorites of Picasso’s work. When I first saw Portrait of Emy, by Karel Schmidt-Rottluff, my instincts were that he must have studied under Picasso. Portrait of Emy jumps out at you with the bold orange oil color. The blue eyes grab and hold your attention in an odd way, and I haven’t quite figured out the hair style his wife, Emy, had when she sat for this. And then when I looked at Michael Richards’ Tar Baby vs. St. Sebastion, I had a much different feeling. I was overwhelmed with wondering why he would give this sculpture a name like this. A man cast in gold, a pilot, covered with small airplanes…. It is intriguing. My first thought was that it must represent one of the world wars though it was made in 1999. Could it be paying tribute to a veteran family member? Without researching the artist or the piece itself, I would...
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