Pierre De Wiessant, Monumental By Rodin Famous French Artist Bronze Sculpture Q

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Pierre De Wiessant, Monumental By Rodin Famous French Artist Bronze Sculpture Q:
$299.00

Pierre De Wiessant, Monumental By Rodin Famous French Artist Bronze Sculpture

Condition: Excellent Condition.
Size: 18\"X7\" Inches. (46x18 Centimeters). Weight: 21LBS.
Real Cast Bronze.
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In The Wake Of Its Humiliating Defeat At The Hands Of Prussia In 1870, The French Third Republic Sought To Reinvigorate Notions Of Heroism And Citizenship. To This End, In 1884 The City Council Of Calais Commissioned Rodin To Create A Monument To Eustache De Saint-Pierre. In 1347, While Calais Was Under Siege By The English, Eustache And Five Other Important Citizens Of The Town Had Offered Themselves As Hostages, Pleading For Mercy For Their Long-Suffering City. In His First Maquette Of 1884, Rodin Proposed A Conventional Monument, With His Figures United As A Group On A Tall Pedestal. By The Following Year, However, The Six Figures Were Placed On A Low Rectangular Plinth, At The Same Level As The Viewer. As Rodin Later Wrote: \"I Wanted To Have My Statues Placed In Front Of The Calais City Hall On The Very Paving Of The Square Like A Living Rosary Of Suffering And Sacrifice.\" Rodin First Made Nude Figure Studies, Which He Then Draped In Wet Canvas To Model The Sackcloth Worn By The Burghers When They Surrendered. To Create The Expressive Figures Possible, He Used The Radical Technique Of Combining Studies Of Hands And Feet From Different Figures. Creating The Very Antithesis Of Conventional Heroic Sculpture, Rodin Here Set Out The Terms Of A Modern, Anti-Monumental Tradition That Resonates To This Day. The Sculpture Was Captured Using The Archaic Method Of Lost-Wax Casting And Stained With A Brown Patina Finish For Preservation. It Is Mounted Upon A Black Marble Base And Is Signed Rodin.

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