Sujet
Titans, Support for a Vase, c. 1877. Creator: Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917); Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887), probably by.
Légende
Titans, Support for a Vase, c. 1877. After returning to Paris from Brussels in 1877, Rodin began collaborating with AlbertErnest Carrier-Belleuse, one of the most fashionable French sculptors of the period. Together they designed objects for the Sèvres porcelain factory where Carrier-Belleuse was art director. This pedestal, signed by Carrier-Belleuse, once served as the base for a decorative vase, now lost. Carrier-Belleuse designed the overall ensemble, leaving Rodin to model the figures. Their energetic poses and muscular bodies recall the ignudi figures on Michelangelo?s Sistine Chapel ceiling. Each titan bears the weight of his burden in a uniquely contorted and exaggerated pose, creating a dramatic rhythm of rising and falling limbs that activate the surrounding space.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G15_500
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
48,9Mo (1,4Mo) / 33,3cm x 36,8cm / 3928 x 4347 (300dpi)