ovid's Metamorphoses
Artist: Auguste Rodin
Year Composed: 1888
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: First Garden
Year Composed: 1888
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: First Garden
About the Artwork
Also called The Satyrs, Auguste Rodin's Ovid's Metamorphoses shows the pair of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus from one of the books of the ancient poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Similar to other sculptures by Rodin, this pair was originally featured on his Gates of Hell. Comparable to The Kiss (1882), the pair from Ovid's Metamorphoses can be found within the realm of Hell from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Dante's masterpiece saga was the inspiration behind the sculpture of Rodin's Gates of Hell.
About the Artist
François Auguste René Rodin, better known as Auguste Rodin, is known as one of the most famous French sculptors of all time. Most of his works contain themes of mythology, allegory, and nature, highlighting the human figure and body. The emotional appeal and contorting drama meshes the intricacy of Neoclassical sculptures with the drama and emotion of the Baroque. Rodin is one of the few sculptors known outside of the art world with modern society, especially with his sculptures that include The Shade (1881), The Kiss (1882), The Thinker (1880), and The Burghers of Calais (1889).
About the Movement
Ovid's Metamorphoses was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museo Soumaya, Mexico City, Mexico
Also called The Satyrs, Auguste Rodin's Ovid's Metamorphoses shows the pair of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus from one of the books of the ancient poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Similar to other sculptures by Rodin, this pair was originally featured on his Gates of Hell. Comparable to The Kiss (1882), the pair from Ovid's Metamorphoses can be found within the realm of Hell from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Dante's masterpiece saga was the inspiration behind the sculpture of Rodin's Gates of Hell.
About the Artist
François Auguste René Rodin, better known as Auguste Rodin, is known as one of the most famous French sculptors of all time. Most of his works contain themes of mythology, allegory, and nature, highlighting the human figure and body. The emotional appeal and contorting drama meshes the intricacy of Neoclassical sculptures with the drama and emotion of the Baroque. Rodin is one of the few sculptors known outside of the art world with modern society, especially with his sculptures that include The Shade (1881), The Kiss (1882), The Thinker (1880), and The Burghers of Calais (1889).
About the Movement
Ovid's Metamorphoses was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museo Soumaya, Mexico City, Mexico