Marble Sculpture - Augustre Rodin (presentation by E.M.Mahesh chathuranga)

Presentation about the very famous sculpture artist Auguste Rodin and His marble sculpture sculpture

1. UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW 2021-22 College of Arts & Crafts Faculty of Fine Arts Power point Presentation SUBMITED TO - DEAN - Mr. SHRI LALJEET AHEER Dr. ALOK KUMAR KUSHWAHA SUBMITTED BY E.M.M.C EKANAYAKA M.V.A. 2 nd YEAR (3 rd Semester) SCULPTURE ROLL NO : 209000000067

2. Auguste Rodin 1

3. Childhood Born on November 12, 1840 His parents were jean baptiste Rodin and marie cheffer He was shy and extremely nearsighted He had a hard time learning because of his vision problem He loved drawing and had his first lesson at the age of 10 He enrolled in the art school, la petite ecole and kept very busy He was rejected from the noted ecole des beaux-arts school three times He discovered clay at a young age and knew that he was going to be an excellent sculptor 2

4. Struggles He had to help support his family during a tough economic time His sister died in 1862, causing Rodin much grief. He turned to the catholic faith, where he was encouraged by Father Ey mard to continue to paint and sculpt in order to relieve his sadness. He continued to support himself and was able to pay rent on his own apartment in 1863 He submitted his work to the Paris Salon, in which an artists reputation was either made or broken. He was rejected two times . 3

5. Start of His Career In 1870, Rodin was drafted into the Franco Prussian War, but was discharged shortly after because of his nearsightedness Rodin became inspired after his trip to Italy in 1875. He did a sculpture with a live nude male model, Auguste Neyt . The fact that the man was nude caused great controversy and turmoil for Rodin. He first named the sculpture The Vanquished , but it was renamed The Age of Bronze and it is now in the Paris Salon. 4

6. 5 Rodin Artwork Bronze Sculpture The Thinker (1880) The Kiss (1882) The Gates of Hell (1880) Monument to Balzac (1892) Adam (1881) The walking man (1878) The Kiss (1889) Eternal springtime (1884) Eve after the fall (1886) Man and his thought (1896) Marble sculpture ?

7. The Kiss The Kiss sculpture was carved by Auguste Rodin in 1889. Medium - marble The Tate’s The Kiss is one of three full-scale versions made in Rodin’s lifetime. Its blend of eroticism and idealism makes it one of the great images of sexual love. However, Rodin considered it overly traditional, calling The Kiss ‘a large sculpted knick-knack following the usual formula.’ The couple are the adulterous lovers Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini, who were slain by Francesca’s outraged husband. They appear in Dante’s Inferno, which describes how their passion grew as they read the story of Lancelot and Guinevere together. The book can just be seen in Paolo’s hand 6

8. ­­­ Eternal Springtime Eternal springtime sculpture was carved by Auguste Rodin in 1884 depicting a pair of lovers. It was created at the same time as The Gates of Hell and originally intended to be part of it. Medium - marble The woman arches her torso in willful surrender to her partner, who bends at his ease to kiss her. Rodin temepered the work’s overt eroticism by giving it a variety of classicizing titles. This marble version, commissioned in 1906 by the railroad investor and banker Isaac D. Fletcher, displays the soft, veiled quality of carving associated with Rodin’s late marbles. 7

9. Eve after the Fall Eve after the fall sculpture was carved by Auguste Rodin in 1886. Medium - marble Auguste Rodin’s sculpture Eve owes its genesis to The Gates of Hell, the artist’s major commission from the French government in 1880. The associations posed by the sculptural portals of that project led Rodin back to the art of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Michelangelo, particularly their depiction of biblical stories from the book of Genesis. A number of elements from the Gates such as The Thinker, Adam, and Eve gradually evolved into independent works . 8

10. Man and His Thought Title: Man and his Thought Man and his Thought sculpture was carved by Auguste Rodin in 1896. Medium - marble Similar two-figure pieces occur throughout Rodin's work, demonstrating the complex inter-relationships of antagonism and concurrence, male and female, artist and muse, reverence and devotion, action and contemplation. 9

11. The Height of Rodin’s Success He reached his peak by 1900 He had a whole area devoted to him at the Paris World Exhibition where 168 pieces of his work were placed on display He did not let the popularity of his art work hinder his work He was an internationally known artist, from the United States to Japan 10

12. Death Rodin moved to the Hotel Biron right outside of Paris in 1908 The tenants of the hotel were ordered to evacuate so the building could be demolished Rodin was allowed to stay because he worked out a deal with France. He said that he would give his entire estate to France and he also requested that the Hotel Biron be made into a museum for his work after his death Auguste Rodin passed away on November 17, 1917, just three weeks after his lifelong love, Rose Beuret , passed away. They weren’t married even a year at the time of their deaths. 11

13. Conclusion 12 Rodin preferred a symbolic expression pattern that did not favor a realistic expression pattern from the beginning. Struggling to grasp the rhythm patterns that emerge from the living motion patterns of nature, he carefully studied the differing effects of light waves and shadows on the wind. Thus, trying to sculpt his abilities and memories into rough marble or rock, Rodin sought to use his dynamic dynamics instead of the natural appearance of objects. It is very clear from the study of the above information

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