We were dwarfed by the colossal, six-foot-tall, hollow plaster being that loomed over us from his raised pedestal. Hartigan explained how Rodin originally designed the figure in the s to be part of a large, museum doorway piece depicting "The Gates of Hell" from Dante's "Inferno.
Rodin renamed it "The Thinker," and Hartigan said the provocative sculpture sparked controversy after its debut in Copenhagen in The work was nothing like the bulk of Italian and Greek sculptures that came before, which expressed ideals of beauty, perfection, valor and harmony.
The enlarged one in this show was cast in And you can find dozens of big and smaller, inch "Thinkers" worldwide, in museums and private collections. And his toes are clenched on the base. It speaks, I think, really powerfully to what can happen when someone creates an image that so many people over so many lengths of time can really respond to.
About a decade later the Cleveland Museum of Art acquired its own "Thinker. Some people blame the radical, political group the Weather Underground, although no arrests were made. The museum continues to display the piece — damage and all. To Hartigan, "The Thinker" represents the power of reflection and the potential for action. So Hartigan sees him as a "doer.
He pondered this while looking at an enlarged image of "The Thinker" on his big screen TV. For him, "The Thinker" is open to interpretation, and he believes our reactions to the sculpture tell us something about ourselves. And if you value thinking you might look at him — as I think Rodin intended him to be depicted — as engaged in some sort of heroic struggle of the mind.
The Thinker was therefore initially both a being with a tortured body, almost a damned soul, and a free-thinking man, determined to transcend his suffering through poetry. While remaining in place on the monumental Gates of Hell , The Thinker was exhibited individually in and thus became an independent work. Enlarged in , its colossal version proved even more popular: this image of a man lost in thought, but whose powerful body suggests a great capacity for action, has become one of the most celebrated sculptures ever known.
Share Share on. Cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rudier in For example, the prominent forehead and eyebrows bowed the eyes, hidden in the shadows, and had a strong, contemplative expression, like the tightly bent calf tendon and the curved toes, which strongly conveyed this. Painful emotions. This surface is quiet and hidden inside is even more thought-provoking.
For those who understand this view, nude is the most meaningful. It adopts the precise method of realism and expresses the humanistic thought consistent with the poet Dante.
The reason why the Thinker Statue makes people never lose sight of it, every time they see it will have different experience, there is a lasting charm standing in the human spiritual homeland, because Rodin skillfully shapes the rich ideological connotation and complete characters.
Incorporating it, it has some unique and eternal things, attracting people to explore and decrypt. Where is the Love Statue? Outdoor Stone Fountains.
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