>This statement shows total lack of knowledge who Balzac is as a phenomenon. (Boris)
Yes, it does -- just as we all do regarding most of the portraits that hang in art museums. The artist may be famous - but we're lucky to even know the sitter's name. For example -- this one: http://www.shafe.co.uk/art/Titian-_-Portrait_of_a_Gentleman--_active_1506-157 6.asp Would you say that this painting also exhibits "the power of symbolic imagination"? And since you know "who Balzac is as a phenomenon" -- why can't you to tell us how the painting symbolizes what you know? Or - perhaps you should entertain the idea that whatever you find remarkable about Rodin's "Balzac" or Titian's "Portrait of a Gentleman" -- and sets them far above the mediocre -- has nothing to do with what those pieces may or may not symbolize. BTW -- here's a page of portraits all done by different sculptors of the same person - another distinguished writer, Gerhart Hauptmann. http://www.ilovefiguresculpture.com/masters/german/hauptmann/hauptmann.htm Any idea which one best symbolizes "The man, the genius, the " Human Comedy"" ? ____________________________________________________________ Online Loan Click for online loan, fast & no lender fee, approval today http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=3jL00fN4UdNKMNhwxox4JAAAJz6c l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQZAAAAAA=
