Chapter 5: Sculpture Is Not Important Flashcards
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Auguste Rodin
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- Rodin pushed the shift of sculptural expression
- He emerged as an artist around the impressionist movement and like Monet inspired many followers
- Rodin revived the uses of nude imagery in sculpture as well as played with asymmetry and surface texture
- after being accused of working off of live model casts Rodin pushed his sculpture in scale and distortion of surface
2
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no one would pose naked in a tiny ass bucket for me so I made this
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- The Tub, Edgar Degas (1886)
- Degas made these kind of sculpture to act as references for his painting so he could study complex poses more easily.
3
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Creepy skin blob
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- Flesh of others, Medardo Rosso (1883)
- unlike most sculpture at the time, Rosso chose not to finish this piece in metal casting or stone carving but rather he opted for wax molding over top of the initial plaster cast.
4
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The female sculptor version of Van Gogh
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- The Wave, Camille Claudel (1898)
- Camille was a very talented young artist who worked under Rodin, but after some time a relationship formed between the two
- her work is heavily influenced by Rodin but was never really recognized in the art world until much later after she died
- at one point she was sent to a mental institution and stopped working altogether
5
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Deaf music guy, sad face
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- Beethoven, Tragic Mask-Antoine Bourdelle (1901)
- Bourdelle worked as Rodin’s studio manager and is thought to have done the stone carving commissions that Rodin would receive while he stuck to casting.
- this piece is reminiscent of Man with the Broken Nose, it uses distorted proportions and highly activated surface qualities.
6
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Fam that stance does not look stable
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- Hercules the Archer, Antoine Bourdelle (1909)
- The figure is perched on a mountain form at a bizarre angle, despite this artistic liberty the subject is still highly classical
- The piece can be viewed from all sides like most sculpture of the time
7
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Flashback to when togas were still cool!
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- The Mediterranean, Aristide Maillol (1902-05)
- The subject and execution of this statue are very classical
- the woman is and idealized, smooth nude with an ancient Greek hairstyle
- Maillol believed that sculpture should not have deep meanings but rather it should return itself to the ideas of classical purity.
- the figure does although have a slightly curvier form than classical sculpture of the female form
8
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Hear me roar
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- Military Courage, Paul Dubois, (1876)
- very classical rendering of the male figure
- iconic features typical of courage
- Idea of a hero, herculean shape
9
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la jig
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- La Danse, Jean Baptiste carpeaux, (1867-69)
- relief sculpture, located in famous opera house, was commissioned by architect for the entrances
- symbolic sculpture representing dance
- Parisians were not happy about it because of the nudity of realistic women. the center male was an acceptable nude because he was a god and not real, but the women were everyday people with flaws in their figures, clearly not idealized goddesses.
- innovative compared to military courage
10
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I’d make a joke but now I feel bad
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- The Soil, Constantine Meunier, (1892)
- Belgian
- two nude men leaning forward, harnessed to a plow.
- people in poverty could not afford horses and pulled plows themselves.
- socially political piece bringing attention to the plight of the poor
11
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Man with the bad nose job
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- The Man with the Broken Nose, Auguste Rodin, (1862)
- well known and celebrated artist
- Rodin was very poor and could not get a after school.
- hired a homeless man to model for his sculptures.
- nose of sculpture was smushed accidentally but Rodin left it the way it was which was a very innovative and modern way of thinking.
- unusual because it is just a head, not a bust
12
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ALL THE BRONZE
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- auguste rodin, the age of bronze (1876)
- travelled from france to italy and was impressed by Michelangelo. smooth, unlike broken nose.
- Nude of man stretching standing.
- contraposto makes it naturalistic
13
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running woman
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- auguste rodin, the walking man (1905)
- sculpted how the body looks when walking.
- does not have a head or arms to make sure that torso is the main focus
14
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home sweet home
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- auguste rodin, the gates of hell (1880-1917)
- commissioned by french government
15
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The heros
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- auguste rodin the bughers of calais (1884-88)
- one of his most controversial works
- depicted the the six men from Calais who sacrificed themselves during the hundreds year war to King Edward III who had laid siege to the town.
- Rodin chose to depict the six men as average people with flawed figures and plain poses
- this upset the town because they wanted to idealize the men not bring them to a relatable level
- it was revolutionary because not only were the figures plebeian in style but they were placed on the ground o be at the viewers level rather than on a pedestal.
16
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Idk I think its a portrait of a dude
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- auguste rodin monument to balzac (1897-98)
17
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rattle rattle
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- Ariste Maillol, Action in Chains (1905)
- resembles Rodin, focuses on powerful female torso.
- Very smooth surface, inspired by artifact fragments
18
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get my training wheels
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- Ariste Maillol, The young Cyclist (1907-08)
- skinny young man,
- idea was that you don’t need to be a herculean shape or physic to be heroic
19
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five naked dudes
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- George Minne, Fountain of Five Kneeling Youths (1898-1906)
- Very delicate figures, you can see the bone structure in the figure.
- Most figures were destroyed when hitler came to power the plaster forms are all we have today
20
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Help I’ve fallen and I cant get up
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- Wilhelm Lembruck, Fallen Man (1915-16)
- commissioned by german government to stand at cemetery for fallen soldiers in WWI
- most important german 20th century sculptor
- figure is elongated and thin almost to the point of abstraction. Hitler did not like it because it was not the herculean body stereotype.
- statue survived.
21
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sitting man
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- Gaston Lachaise Standing Woman (1932)
- based on his lover from boston.
- her and her family came from america and went to europe for vacation, Met Lachaise.
- she gave up her children and husband to be with lachaise. much of his work is based on her.
- ankles feet and fingers are small compared to her body proportions. waist is pulled in unrealistically. smooth curving surfaces
22
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nothing like the smell of outside
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- Polish Elie Nadelman, Man in open air (1915)
- married a rich american woman very impressed by american folk art and inspired by the disproportionate figures.
- Figure is not proportional, abstracted smoothness, although the pose is classical
- the couple lost everything in depression, survived by selling their folk art collection to Rockefeller
23
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poor people
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- Henri Matisse, the serf (1900-03)
- Inspired by rodin,
- body is armless and highly textured.
- standing in contraposto, body is twisted due to hard labor and bad posture.
- Rodin was not impressed with it
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la snake lady
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- Henri Matisse, La Serpentine (1909)
- Limbs are pulled and elongated.
- the sculpture curves and changes as you walk around it.
- the twists of the body earn the sculpture its name.
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face 1
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- Henri Matisse Jeannette I (1910-13)
- Part of a series that progressive got more abstract
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face 5
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- Henri Matisse Jeannette V (1913)
- Bust instead of lone head, simplified and abstracted.
27
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booty 1
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- Henri Matisse the Back I (1909)
- forms are recognizable, posture and limbs are defined
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booty 4
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- Henri Matisse the back IV (1911)
- last in the series, very abstracted.
- limbs and head are gone, hair goes down the trough where the spine is between the two parallel planes of the back.
29
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smooches
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- Constantine Brancusi, the kiss (1913)
- Career in france, but from Romania
- Worked with a woodcarver in his village, and went to capital to go to art school because of his talent.
- allegedly walked to paris to meet rodin.
- worked with rodin for several months but left so he could become his own artist.
- WWI romania fought along side russia, many kiss statues were in cemeteries to celebrate love between the fallen soldiers and their country, their families, and their loved ones.
30
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snooze
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- Constantine Brancusi, sleep (1906)
- Smoothness of face is contrasted with texture of surroundings. head is horizontal, which is new.
31
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snooze muse
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- Constantine Brancusi, sleeping muse (1909-11)
- lone head is also horizontal, abstracted smoothness takes away many facial features.
- egg shaped. Made in polished bronze
32
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bab
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- Constantine Brancusi, the newborn (1915)
- egg shaped smooth polished stone,
- section cut off to resemble an abstracted child’s screaming mouth.
- captures the essence of his subjects.
33
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my boo
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- Constantine Brancusi, Mlle Pogany (1931)
- Pogany was his life partner but they never married.
- face is reduced to egg shape, smooth and abstracted
34
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space tweet
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- Constantine Brancusi, bird in space (1925)
- interested in the flight of birds,
- capturing the flight pattern of a bird, the swooping smooth shape also loosely resembles a feather.
- base has three sections, blocky, contrasts curving form
35
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Og dick
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- Constantine Brancusi, adam and eve (1916-21)
- oak chestnut and limestone.
- adam is represented by phallic form and eve is represented by fertilized egg splitting open shape.
- base is a reference to village wine presses
36
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young dick
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- Constantine Brancusi, torso of young man (1924)
- torso with legs or phallic symbol
37
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endless noodle
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- Constantine Brancusi, endless column (1937-38)
- each link is a generation, located in romania.
