DOI Heft:
Nr. 120 (March 1903)
DOI Artikel:Sparrow, Walter Shaw: Auguste Rodin's dry-point engravings
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19878#0103
Auguste Rodin s Dry Points
habits of close and search-
ing observation as are
rarely found outside the
world of science. Every-
thing appertaining to the
study of anatomy, from
the texture of the skin to
the malformations caused
by various occupations, is
of as much interest to him
as to a physician : and
this is why his work is so
significant in structure.
Every detail of the ana-
tomical treatment suggests
character, and is neces-
sary to a right under-
standing of the sculptor's
aim.
These and other charac-
teristics may be studied
apart from the sculpture,
in many drawings, and in
a few dry-point engrav-
ings. The drawings have
victor hugo from the dry point by auguste rodin ^ exhi5ited many times
(Printed after the bur on the plate had been worn away) r ...
and are familiar to a
the agitations common to mankind at large. The large public, while the admirable dry-points are
emotion that appeals to him most of all is the but little known. They exist only in a few proofs,
passion of love, and his
aim is to enhance this
passion by emphasising the
sex-attributes of form in
the figures of his men and '■ _ _ . ^ 5gJ 5 s
women. The women are ^^^S^^^mH^". *itr^
always superlatively femi- - a^^^^S^^^^^^E^S^^^^^-^ ■ ■ 0Wi^^SS^<
nine, the men superlatively
male and virile — a fact,
this, that takes us far away
from the ideal of the Greek
sculptors, who did not
object to a mingling of
feminine attributes in the ^^B^S^^B^BKSS^mUsHtBB^^S^^^^^^^^^^^^'^\
forms of their male figures. • \
The art of Rodin, like ^H>^W^^^^^^BBIS^SB^^^S^^^^^&^i^^^i^^'
that of Rubens, is always /!-£&T^£^j3ffl v>
promiseful of strong gene- -■^^^^j^^^^^^^Sj^^^S^^^^^^^^^^^^AV^ I
rations yet to be. '■■^b^^^^^^^SS^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^t, j j ')' '
Again, I have said that ' S -^^^^^^^^^^^C^- r^-^'; ■ / ' )s
Auguste Rodin is respon- J<x VX.
sive to the scientific ten- .
dencies of the age he lives
in, and by this I mean —-----..........-------
that he delights in such henri becque from the dry point by auguste rodin
9i
habits of close and search-
ing observation as are
rarely found outside the
world of science. Every-
thing appertaining to the
study of anatomy, from
the texture of the skin to
the malformations caused
by various occupations, is
of as much interest to him
as to a physician : and
this is why his work is so
significant in structure.
Every detail of the ana-
tomical treatment suggests
character, and is neces-
sary to a right under-
standing of the sculptor's
aim.
These and other charac-
teristics may be studied
apart from the sculpture,
in many drawings, and in
a few dry-point engrav-
ings. The drawings have
victor hugo from the dry point by auguste rodin ^ exhi5ited many times
(Printed after the bur on the plate had been worn away) r ...
and are familiar to a
the agitations common to mankind at large. The large public, while the admirable dry-points are
emotion that appeals to him most of all is the but little known. They exist only in a few proofs,
passion of love, and his
aim is to enhance this
passion by emphasising the
sex-attributes of form in
the figures of his men and '■ _ _ . ^ 5gJ 5 s
women. The women are ^^^S^^^mH^". *itr^
always superlatively femi- - a^^^^S^^^^^^E^S^^^^^-^ ■ ■ 0Wi^^SS^<
nine, the men superlatively
male and virile — a fact,
this, that takes us far away
from the ideal of the Greek
sculptors, who did not
object to a mingling of
feminine attributes in the ^^B^S^^B^BKSS^mUsHtBB^^S^^^^^^^^^^^^'^\
forms of their male figures. • \
The art of Rodin, like ^H>^W^^^^^^BBIS^SB^^^S^^^^^&^i^^^i^^'
that of Rubens, is always /!-£&T^£^j3ffl v>
promiseful of strong gene- -■^^^^j^^^^^^^Sj^^^S^^^^^^^^^^^^AV^ I
rations yet to be. '■■^b^^^^^^^SS^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^t, j j ')' '
Again, I have said that ' S -^^^^^^^^^^^C^- r^-^'; ■ / ' )s
Auguste Rodin is respon- J<x VX.
sive to the scientific ten- .
dencies of the age he lives
in, and by this I mean —-----..........-------
that he delights in such henri becque from the dry point by auguste rodin
9i