Year 12 Visual Art Case Study The Modern Form Conceptual Framework Analysis – Auguste Rodin Artist-Born Nov 12 1840 Paris France-One of the prominent sculptors of the modern era, linked to michelangelo-Rodin undertook own training by visiting art museums-Rodin restored an ancient role of sculpture–to capture the physical and intellectual force of the human subject-Rodin was a naturalist, less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion.-Rodin’s goal in his compositions was to express man’s despair and sometimes inability to communicate-strived to render inner feelings through muscular movement-the idea of realism could be obtained, but through the use of emphasis and distortionArtwork -“ Age of Bronze’ was the first first life size sculpture made by Rodin. Challenged traditional sculpture of the time through unconventional subject matter and composition-Rodin made quick sketches in clay that were later fine-tuned, cast in plaster, and forged into bronze or carved in marble-most popular works, such as The Kiss and The Thinker, are widely used outside the fine arts as symbols of human emotion and character-challenged sculptural ideas by leaving his figures in varying states of completion, leaving them rough and unpolished with rodin believed expressed movement better-Rodin often reused and recycled his compositions in new ways. He would also represent the same figure multiple times in the same sculpture to create a strange and jarring effect.
World-The Salon was the dominant and ruling committee of art in France in Rodin’s era-There were a great number of public works under Napoleon III, who had begun a huge civic program of demolishing and remodeling Paris after many decades of civil unrest.-Many artists at the time did “ The Grand Tour”, a trip to see the important artworks of Classical Greece and Rome and the Italian Renaissance.-Traditional path to pursue art was at the time by attending the L’ecole des Beaux-Arts school, which Robin did not. Audience-For the sculpture “ Age of Bronze” – Rodin was accused of surmoulage, or having taken a cast from a living model.
Rodin vigorously denied the charges, writing to newspapers and having photographs taken of the model to prove how the sculpture differed.-Balzac when was exhibited in 1898, there was an overwhelmingly negative reaction The Société rejected the work, and the press ran parodies. -Rodin’s most notable sculptures were roundly criticized by audiences during his lifetime. A pose might be considered too informal, the exactness of his forms too real, or the lack of a heroic theme found disrespectful.-Rodin was eventually honoured with the highest accolades, though in his lifetime his sculptures were either coveted or abhorred. Conceptual Framework Auguste Rodin ” The Modern Michelangelo” An extraordinary creative master of his time, Auguste Rodin is commonly accepted by many art critics and historians as the most prominent portraitist sculptor of the modern era. Born in 1840’s Paris, France, Rodin broke new ground in sculpture with his ability to capture and represent the true nature of human emotion and physical form. His compositions were not concerned with that of distinguished expression but instead with that of human ethos and sentiment.
The intent of his work was to exhibit the manifestation of man’s despair and inner emotions through muscular movement, as well as the idea of realism being obtained through the use of emphasis and distortion . Rodin’s works were by quick sketches in clay that were later fine-tuned, cast in plaster, and forged into bronze or carved in marble. He again challenged sculptural ideas of the time by often leaving his figures in varying states of completion, leaving them rough and unpolished which the artist believed expressed movement better. He also often reused and recycled his compositions in new ways.
He would in addition often represent the same figure multiple times in the same sculpture to create a strange and jarring effect. However, though today Rodin’s works are widely celebrated, they were loudly criticized by the audiences of his time. His great respect for but artistic rebellion against traditional art ideas and form and us of innovative and new artist methods and practices were often considered as too informal, lacking in heroic attributes or too true to live form, therefore different from qualities exception of sculpture at the time. At the time of Rodin’s career , The Salon was the dominant and ruling committee of art. When Rodin’s work The age of Bronze was exhibited at the Cercle Artistique, Brussels, in 1877, at the Salon in Paris, it caused a scandal and Rodin was Rodin was accused of surmoulage, or having taken a cast from a living model. Rodin vigorously denied the charges, writing to newspapers and having photographs taken of the model to prove how the sculpture differed.