I know almost nothing about this wonderful bust of Victor Hugo.
Nationality: French
Born-Died: 1840-1977
Media: Marble
Location: Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
May 22, 2011
Auguste Rodin's (?) "Bust of Victor Hugo"
Labels:
French,
Portrait,
Romanticism,
Sculpture,
Victor Hugo
On this Day in the History of Art: Mary Cassatt born (1844), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born (1859), Victor Hugo died (1885)
I know almost nothing about this wonderful bust of Victor Hugo.
Nationality: French
Born-Died: 1840-1977
Media: Marble
Location: Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
I know almost nothing about this wonderful bust of Victor Hugo.
Nationality: French
Born-Died: 1840-1977
Media: Marble
Location: Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
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I recently listened to a National Gallery of Art lecture on Rodin
ReplyDeletehttp://dl.luxmedia.com/nationalgallery/audio/051011nl01.mp3
I found two aspects of the lecture interesting:
(1) how different materials used for the sculptures influenced their ability to communicate, and
(2) how his reproduction process increased his productivity.