There is a bronze sculpture that sits inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art Like several other pieces inside the museum, it rests atop an extravagant block of limestone, guarded by trained personnel, under the watch of state of the art cameras. This bronze sculpture depicts a woman’s round bosom with her head vainly looking off to the side admiring her beauty. As beautiful as this simplistic sculpture may be, for several years it was the center of art critique for its strong resemblance to a male sexual organ. The famous artist behind this piece (among several others) is none other than Constantin Brancusi. The sculpture by Brancusi is an artistic rendition of French princess and sex analyst Marie Bonaparte, it is said that French princess Marie Bonaparte was so obsessed with the female orgasm that she spent years studying the sexual climax in females. When questioned as to his abstract
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At the turn of the 20th century, Brancusi was deemed one of the more influential artists; acknowledging his vision for modernism. Growing up close to Romania's Carpathian Mountains, Brancusi had developed a niche for wood carved objects. His talents awarded him the opportunity of attending the Craiova School of Arts and Crafts in Romania. It is said that at the age of 18 Brancusi was able to create a violin using only the materials around him. He had also built his own phonograph, furniture and utensils. Over time, Brancusi’s art work would lead him to Paris where he we would learn and create art with Antonin Mercie and August Rodin. As famous as Brancusi would become in France and Romania, he had an overwhelming popularity in the United States. Brancusi would eventually create works of art for the World War I monument in Targu- Jiu, the abstract sculpture Birds in Space, The Kiss and several other commissioned and voluntary
At the turn of the 20th century, Brancusi was deemed one of the more influential artists; acknowledging his vision for modernism. Growing up close to Romania's Carpathian Mountains, Brancusi had developed a niche for wood carved objects. His talents awarded him the opportunity of attending the Craiova School of Arts and Crafts in Romania. It is said that at the age of 18 Brancusi was able to create a violin using only the materials around him. He had also built his own phonograph, furniture and utensils. Over time, Brancusi’s art work would lead him to Paris where he we would learn and create art with Antonin Mercie and August Rodin. As famous as Brancusi would become in France and Romania, he had an overwhelming popularity in the United States. Brancusi would eventually create works of art for the World War I monument in Targu- Jiu, the abstract sculpture Birds in Space, The Kiss and several other commissioned and voluntary