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  La Danaide (1885) by Auguste Rodin
  La Danaide by Rodin - Rodin Museum, Paris, 1888-1889
 
  $37.00

Category: Assorted Artists > Rodin
Size: 5.5 in. x 3.5 in. x 2.5 in.
Item Type: statue
Material: Resin with hand-painted color details
Weight (lbs): 3

Stock Status: In Stock
Availability: Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days
Product Code: RO03


Description
 
The Danaid was executed during a period when Rodin was exploring the female nude in recumbent postures. It is another work which was originally conceived to be part of the sculptural commission for the Doors of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, The Gates of Hell.

Sculpture of the mythological figure Danaide, one of the daughters of King Danaos. Her streamline curves and sensuous posture entice and arouse. According to Greek mythology, the Danaides were the fifty daughters of King Danaos of Argos, who was in conflict with his brother Aegyptos, father of fifty sons. The fifty sons went to Argos to propose marriage to the Danaides as a conciliatory gesture towards Danaos. Danaos resented his brother and ordered his daughters to murder their bridegrooms on their wedding night. They proceeded, except all but one. As a result of their crimes, the Danaides were sentenced to the underworld where their unending penance was to fill pierced jugs.

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
In between Romanticism and Impressionism this self-willed Frenchman created some of the most famous pieces known in the art of sculpting. He was very talented at conveying feeling in his compositions by emphasizing gesture. Also, his rough surface texture with deep hollows added strong shadows and naturalism to the human form. Rodin's goal, as he put it, was "to render inner feelings through muscular movement." He achieved this aim by joining his profound knowledge of anatomy and movement with special attention to the body's surfaces, saying, "The sculptor must learn to reproduce the surface, which means all that vibrates on the surface, soul, love, passion, life...Sculpture is thus the art of hollows and mounds, not of smoothness, or even polished planes."
 
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Category: Masters Artists >> Auguste Rodin Reproductions

Description: La Danaide by Rodin

Item: T-03

Size: 5.5 in. x 3.5 in. x 2.5 in.

  Museum reproduction quality Resine.


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