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Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk is a bronze sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, one of the studies made in preparation to the Monument to Balzac, a tribute to novelist Honoré de Balzac commissioned by the Society of Men of Letters of France in 1891.[1] This sculpture was a particular challenge to the artist due to his preference to portray his subjects in great detail, and the fact that Balzac was already dead. Rodin then started to research about the life and times of his subject, only to find, according to Kenneth Clark, that he had been a short, fat and unremarkable-looking man.[2]
| Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk | |
|---|---|
| French: Balzac en robe de dominicain | |
 The sculpture in display at Museo Soumaya | |
| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Year | 1892 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | Honoré de Balzac |
| Dimensions | 106.4 cm × 38.5 cm × 50.8 cm (27 in × 9.8 in × 12.9 in) |
| Location | Museo Soumaya, Mexico City |
With this difficulty, Rodin aimed instead to represent Balzac's persona rather than his physical likeness.[3] Instead of the agreed-upon eighteen months, Rodin spent seven years making different studies, both nude and non-nude, only to present his final plaster in 1898 at a Salon in Champ de Mars with great disapproval by the Societè.[4] Disillusioned with this result, Rodin decided to install the plaster at his house in Meudon. Only in 1939 was a full-size cast put at the crossroads of boulevard Raspail and boulevard du Montparnasse, also known as carrefour Vavin, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Unlike other studies and the final version of the monument, Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk shows the author fully clothed with the traditional habit of the Dominican order—a simple cloak with a belt— standing in a rock-like structure and with both hands explicitly shown.[citation needed] It is considered by some later critics as one of the best sculptures made by the French artist. Rodin himself has been quoted about this piece, considering that "the fruit and summing-up of my entire life and the pivot of my personal aesthetic".[2]
References
- Musée Rodin. "The great years of creation". Retrieved October 13, 2016.
1891: The Société des Gens de Lettres commissions him to design a Monument to Honoré Balzac
- La Era de Rodin (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Museo Soumaya. 2007. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-968-7794-36-5.
- The Museum of Modern Art. "Auguste Rodin. Monument to Balzac". MoMA, official website. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- "Monument to Balzac". rodin-web.org. August 31, 2004. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
На других языках
- [en] Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk
[es] Balzac con hábito de monje dominico
Balzac con hábito de monje dominico es una escultura realizada por Auguste Rodin en memoria del novelista francés Honoré Balzac por encargo de la Sociedad de Escritores franceses. El trabajo fue uno de los retos más grandes del autor debido a que acostumbraba retratar hasta el último detalle de los rasgos del modelo, pero en este caso el escritor ya había muerto. Por ello, Rodin realizó una investigación para poder llevar a cabo su obra, en la que esculpió a un hombre común y corriente alejado de la estética natural con la que acostumbraba trabajar.[1]Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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