martes, 26 de octubre de 2010

Impressionist Sculpture...

I chose "The Walking Man" which was a famous sculpture by French impressionist sculptor Auguste Rodin. Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of his most notable sculptures were roundly criticized during his lifetime. They clashed with the predominant figure sculpture tradition, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive of the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style.
Sculptural fragments to Rodin were autonomous works, and he considered them the essence of his artistic statement. His fragments (perhaps lacking arms, legs, or a head) took sculpture further from its traditional role of portraying likenesses, and into a realm where forms existed for their own sake. Notable examples are sculptures like this... The Walking Man...

I think it is creative because, personally, I liked very very much the sculpture... I think it is very realistic and it's a good idea to create the human body with a lack of something, because in my opinion that's the real human, you'll always be needing something...

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