Before I get that book and I find I have to rethink every thing, I thought I might post a couple of pictures of Sir Alfred Gilbert. The outside ‘Eros’ (in Aluminium) of Piccadilly Circus fame has quite a thin ankle but when we look at an earlier work above in Marble we see some […]
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Ankles and Limbs in Marble & Bronze
Above is Mercury by Pigalle. Much sort after by students of the premier art! I have been at work all day manning an exhibition and have been thinking about ankles and limbs and things. Thought I would share a few with you!
Michelangelo’s Women and Men
Back view of the so called slingshot. A Lovely Washerwoman by Greuse in the Getty Museum ‘Ideal Head’ Ugly David? Ugly david’s profile Detail of Christ carrying the cross Detail of Christ in the Pieta in the Vatican Good looking Slave Beautiful Mary; Detail Pitti Tondo Florence Beautiful Mary in Bruges Detail of Pieta; Beautiful […]
My Comments with Links, Bernini vs Michelangelo
Argument -See Here I mean no disrespect for either of these two great sculptors. They, like Beethoven and Mozart, are pillars of our western art. Nevertheless I have reservations especially about Michelangelo. Neither an academic nor even well read in Art History I am a simple sculptor with strong but malleable views. If you were […]
Rodin and the Cambodian Dancers
A blog directory has thrown up a gem! I hope to add this link to my list of Art related blogs. The story of Rodin and the Cambodian Dancers can be found here
YouTube Video of Camille Claudel
I recommend a visit here: YouTube video of Camille Claudel
Relief, Volubilis, Alfred Boucher
Same sculptor, same girl, same title but diferent work; I have never been a great fan of relief but there are exceptions and here is one. Volubilis (a flower petals gradually unfurling ) by Alfred Boucher (1850-1934), he made a few variations of this study and here are two. I recommend a visit to Wikipedia […]
Old Women in Sculpture
I found this whilst searching for other works of Desbois; http://www.dia.org/exhibitions/claudel_rodin/preview3.asp It seemed somewhat poignant after the last post on Rodin! At the Paris Salon of 1893, the public was astonished to discover a scrawny, old female nude tangled in her long hair: Camille Claudel’s Clotho. In the master’s studio, three sculptors bluntly took up […]
Isadora Duncan’s missed opportunity.
More in common with Clodion than Michelangelo? (An earlyish work, La Lorraine 1872)One of my favourites of his, is this emotionally charged work at a time when his relationship with Claudel dies. Chris is not alone, millions of people both great and small stand in awe of Rodin. Indeed I have met few people who […]
Victory and Progress Sculpture
Back on the 6th July 2006 Chris Miller at Mountshang did a post on the ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ the Rolls Royce bonnet sculpture. This reminded me of our early encounter. Emil Gaudissard 1872- 1956 (Allegory of Victory and Progress) includes a relief of a horse and cart/carriage on the back. (It seems that girls have […]
