In all of them to different degree including nude. >"And... can you tell us just what has been symbolized so powerfully? And what "actual shapes and form and cultural patterns, cues, etc" are involved?"
The man, the genius, the " Human Comedy". On this level of sculpture there is no need to analyze specific shapes or cultural patterns. The form is so significant that mechanical analysis is irrelevant not unlike the description of Soul. Boris Shoshensky To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Contemporary Portraits Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:40:40 GMT Boris, in which of the many versions of Rodin's Balzac do you find a "of power of symbolic imagination."? Is it only in the finished monument ? Is it also in studies like these?: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/6727 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Auguste_Rodin-Balzac_Bust_ 1892_(photo).jpg And... can you tell us just what has been symbolized so powerfully? And what "actual shapes and form and cultural patterns, cues, etc" are involved? >The story is irrelevant to that portrait's mediocrity , not technical or of believability or physical likeness, but of power of symbolic imagination. See Rodin's portraits of Balzac. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Banking Click here to find the perfect banking opportunity! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=dL7ZnKjweIXmqbAiByCZVQAAJ1Gc l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAXeAAAAAA=
