The ‘Psyche Abandoned’, ‘Adriadne Abandoned’ and ‘The Bacchante’, by Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) that The French Site has chosen today are of interest. All in very similar pose they show significant differences. The difference in size and the quality of photograph have to be taken into account. Lighting and foreshortening can destroy a carefully considered opinion. […]
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Prejudice in Art
By sculptor on June 12, 2008 in Art History, Artists, Literature, sculptor, Sculpture, Sir Thomas Browne
Just how much are you influenced by suggestion, your parents, your teachers, your peers? If you are told something is good or interesting then will you believe it? If it is on show in a museum – exhibition- will you automatically accept that it should demand your attention? Or are you the sort who hates […]
Gilbert and the Thick Limbs
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 […]
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 […]
