Artist: Auguste Rodin
Title: The Kiss
Media:
Marble Sculpture
Dimensions:
181.5 x 112.5 x 117 cm
Date: 1882
Biography info:
Francois-Auguste-Rene
Rodin was a French sculptor. He was born on November 12, 1840 and passed on
November 17, 1917. Many of his works were criticized for not following the
traditional themes of mythology and allegory and instead focused on the human
body and a person’s character and physicality. His reputation grew and by 1900,
Rodin was a famed artist.
Statement on the work:
The sculpture was originally titled Francesca da Rimini. The sculpture is based on the 13th-century Italian noblewoman who falls in love with her husband’s younger brother and after the discovery of the betrayal, her husband kills them both.
The sculpture was originally titled Francesca da Rimini. The sculpture is based on the 13th-century Italian noblewoman who falls in love with her husband’s younger brother and after the discovery of the betrayal, her husband kills them both.
Background info on the work:
The Kiss, like many of Rodin’s best-known individual sculptures, including The Thinker, the embracing couple was originally a part of a group of reliefs in his bronze portal The Gates of Hell. In 1888, the French government ordered the first large-scale marble version of The Kiss for an exhibition. Two other large scale sculptures and a large number of smaller bronze casts have been done of The Kiss.
The Kiss, like many of Rodin’s best-known individual sculptures, including The Thinker, the embracing couple was originally a part of a group of reliefs in his bronze portal The Gates of Hell. In 1888, the French government ordered the first large-scale marble version of The Kiss for an exhibition. Two other large scale sculptures and a large number of smaller bronze casts have been done of The Kiss.
Connects to theme and why I
chose it:
I chose this sculpture because it portrays a couple in love embracing depicting the moment just before they kiss. The Kiss shows that love is a strong emotion that is hard to ignore even when it is wrong to fall in love with a particular person.
I chose this sculpture because it portrays a couple in love embracing depicting the moment just before they kiss. The Kiss shows that love is a strong emotion that is hard to ignore even when it is wrong to fall in love with a particular person.
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