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Rodin – genuine sensuality, mirrored
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 | arts, mythical | 105 Comments
There are few works of art that celebrate the human body at its purest and most sensual expression, the way the sculptures of the great Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) do. Faraway from the usual cliques, it is there the force, the violent passions of humanity, there in the tormented surfaces, in the rich and luxurious shapes, the truth, the individuality. What is there in a metaphor other than individuality and universality brought together? And what is the core of the individual if not the clash between spirit and emotion?
Rodin was the one to free sculpture from formalism and bring it to life, his expressive style, evoking both the concrete sensuality of flesh and the mystical purity of spirit, plays with shadows and light, with details and textures, and makes marble and bronze truly human.
