Auguste Rodin

Artists use their own personal context and connection to their society. Barbara Kruger does this through her work “Buy Me, I’ll Change Your Life” as she confronts consumer culture, economic and social issues. Another work by Kruger “We’ve received orders not to move” this work also reflecting her societal link. The Guerilla Girls are a group of anonymous feminists that fight racism and sexism in the art world. Two of their works include, “How many works by women artists were in the Andy Warhol…

The featured documentary ‘Side by Side’ was an enjoyable, informative documentary that discussed the history of the film industries use of emulsion film and the cautionary switch-over to the new digital movie format. Beginning in the late 1800’s with continued development of emulsion roll film by Eastman and the pioneering photography work of Edweard Muybridge and Louis Le Prince the advent of capturing and projecting moving images was at hand. The documentary covers the important developments…

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel near Potsdam (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.388) is an oil painting on canvas produced in 1834 by the German painter, Carl Blechen. The piece is 52 ½ by 50 inches, depicting a scene of lush greenery and four women who have the appearance of stepping from the pages of a fantasy novel, all united within the pastel confines of ornate greenhouse walls. Despite its mystic and dream-like properties, Blechen 's Interior of the Palm House is…

Built in 1880, it became Rodin's first creation to be publicly shown under his name. Its height stands at 178 centimeters, or around 70 inches, and is made entirely out of bronze metal. The art movement Rodin drew inspiration from when creating this life-size sculpture was impressionism. Impressionism is an art form that results in "short, broken brushstrokes that barely convey forms, pure unblended colors, and an emphasis on the effects of light" (Samu, 2004) Impressionists…

is exactly what Rodrigo Lara Zendejas does with her piece, Crowd Gate. In 1917 Auguste Rodin created the sculpture The Gates of Hell, and 100 years later it was recreated with a twist. By changing a few details of Rodin’s art, Zendejas created a new, and unique project. What if a replication is used not to isolate a detail from the whole, and instead is added to a grander project? This was the…

Webb illustrates how Auguste is vainglorious by going through any possible means to leave a glorious impact on the world. In the making of The Gates of Hell, he essentially uses ideas of his muse, Camille, to create the sculpture and present it at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. In creating this powerful portrayal, Rodin uses his ability to bind its creator to the world, both when judging on things as trivial as the intricate dips and edges Rodin made out of bronze and marble, and…

Camille Claudel off to Paris to begin her sculpturing career which is where the film begins. Auguste Rodin, who was forty-three when he took Claudel as his student, and soon became her lover. Their affair was passionate and intellectual. Rodin’s unfaithfulness and Claudel’s growing mental illness would break them apart. The…

However, the most important artist to advance Symbolism was the sculptor Auguste Rodin. His major work was two enormous doors representing Dante’s The Gates of Hell. Rodin imagined the scenes described by Dante as a world with limitless space and a lack of gravitational pull. This allowed for ceaseless and radical experimentation by the artist, with figures that obey no rules in their poses, emotive gestures, or sexuality. For Rodin, the chaotic population on The Gates of Hell enjoyed only one…

JoJo Yang ART-111-NW1 3D Artworks The Discus Thrower was created by Myron, a famous classical Greek sculptor in the late 5th century B.C.. Myron is widely known for his sculptures representing athletes in sport games. The Discus Thrower shows an discus athlete in the mid-action of throwing a discus. The statue was designed on a single plane- was meant to be seen from one side. The bronze sculpture shows a smooth texture that fully depicted the human anatomy. Myron proficiently demonstrated the…

Different artists use different mediums when it comes to their artwork. The type of medium that is used influences the content and feel the pieces give. Two of the most distinct mediums of art are sculptures and oil paintings. Auguste Rodin’s, Eve, is a French sculpture made of bronze which portrays a woman hiding herself in fear of something. Paul Signac’s, Entrance to Grand Canal, Venice, is a French oil painting on canvas which portrays Venice’s entrance to the Grand Canal. Each of these…