{"id":4458,"date":"2014-01-24T18:53:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T17:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2014-01-24T18:53:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T17:53:27","slug":"rodin-and-michelangelo-idea-control-and-making-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/24\/rodin-and-michelangelo-idea-control-and-making-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodin and Michelangelo: idea, control and making of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4458 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/24\/rodin-and-michelangelo-idea-control-and-making-of\/rodin-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RODIN-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Auguste Rodin Show in Milan, \u00a9 Mario Liguigli\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4459\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4459'>\n\t\t\t\tAuguste Rodin Show in Milan, \u00a9 Mario Liguigli\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/24\/rodin-and-michelangelo-idea-control-and-making-of\/rodin-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RODIN-13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Auguste Rodin Show in Milan, \u00a9 Mario Liguigli\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4460\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4460'>\n\t\t\t\tAuguste Rodin Show in Milan, \u00a9 Mario Liguigli\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/24\/rodin-and-michelangelo-idea-control-and-making-of\/auguste-rodin-la-donna-pesce-1917-musee-rodin-parigi-foto-di-bruno-jarret-adagp\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Auguste-Rodin-La-donna-pesce-1917-\u00a9-Mus\u00e9e-Rodin-Parigi.-Foto-di-Bruno-Jarret-Adagp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Auguste Rodin, &quot;The fish-woman&quot;, 1917 \u00a9 Mus\u00e9e Rodin, Paris. Photo by Bruno Jarret\/Adagp\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4461\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4461'>\n\t\t\t\tAuguste Rodin, &#8220;The fish-woman&#8221;, 1917 \u00a9 Mus\u00e9e Rodin, Paris. Photo by Bruno Jarret\/Adagp\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/24\/rodin-and-michelangelo-idea-control-and-making-of\/07_54\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/07_54.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Auguste Rodin, &quot;The small fairy water&quot;, Maquette 1903 \u00a9 Mus\u00e9e Rodin, Paris. Photo: Christian Baraja\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4462\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4462'>\n\t\t\t\tAuguste Rodin, &#8220;The small fairy water&#8221;, Maquette 1903 \u00a9 Mus\u00e9e Rodin, Paris. Photo: Christian Baraja\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/24\/rodin-and-michelangelo-idea-control-and-making-of\/1-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"127\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/110.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sketches of marble blocks with a template for a crucifixion, sec. XVI, Florence, archives of the Casa Buonarroti Foundation\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4464\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4464'>\n\t\t\t\tMichelangelo Buonarroti, Sketches of marble blocks with a template for a crucifixion, sec. XVI, Florence, archives of the Casa Buonarroti Foundation\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until 26 January at Palazzo Reale in Milan, there will be a major exhibition dedicated to Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840 &#8211; Meudon 1917): &#8220;Rodin. The marble, the life&#8221;.<br \/>\nCurated by Aline Magnien, Conservative head of the assets of the Mus\u00e9e Rodin in Paris the exhibition presents over 60 works. This is the most comprehensive show ever to be staged on the marbles by Auguste Rodin, thanks to loans from major public institutions such as the Petit Palais &#8211; Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, the Mus\u00e9e Faure, Aix-les-Bains, the Mus\u00e9e de Picardie, Amiens, and of course the Mus\u00e9e Rodin in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When talking about Rodin&#8217;s art, the most widely used comparison is the one with Michelangelo Buonarroti. It is no coincidence that in the first section of the exhibition (which builds on the idea of the illusion of flesh and sensuality), among the early works by the French sculptor, there is the famous &#8220;Homme au nez cass\u00e9,&#8221; rejected by the Salon of paris in 1864, portrait tribute to the great genius of Michelangelo. The poetics of the incomplete characterizes, instead, the third section of the show. Here is the triumph of the &#8220;unfinished&#8221;, the linguistic artifact that still refers to the Italian sculptor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, besides the overused comparison between the two artists, the exhibition on Rodin is a great starting point to focus attention on the two different ways of conceiving the artistic creation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The catalog essay by curator Aline Magnien relates that, during his time, art critics accused Rodin of not being able to work with marble. It is believed that he often relied too much on the performance of his workshop. In the nineteenth century the discourse on the relationship between idea and execution was in point of fact brought back to discussion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, Michelangelo Buonarroti kept under control every stage of the realization of his works of sculpture: not only in the phase of design and creation, but even during the extraction of marble. This aspect can indeed be verified in a document that will be exhibited at the Galleria Palatina in Florence, from 28 January to 27 April, in the show &#8221; Once in a Lifetime. Treasures from the archives and libraries of Florence&#8221;. The document consists of a small page containing some sketches of marble blocks with a template for a crucifixion, in practice the instructions to \u201ctake away\u201d from the mountain some stone blocks including a cross-shaped one ready to be carved. Shown in Vienna in 1997, the document kept in the archives of the Casa Buonarroti Foundation in Italy has never been exhibited in public.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Until 26 January at Palazzo Reale in Milan, there will be a major exhibition dedicated to Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840 &#8211; Meudon 1917): &#8220;Rodin. The marble, the life&#8221;. 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