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HAND OF GOD BY RODIN SCULPTURE BRONZE
ITEM NUMBER: BEZH504BRZ
SIZE: 11.25" WIDE X11" HIGH
FEATURED FINISH: BRONZE PATINA
MEDIUM: BONDED STONE
SCULPTOR: ELEGANZA
SAFE FOR OUTDOOR USE?: T
SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEE: $24.95
TIME TO SHIP: MADE TO ORDER, SHIPS IN 2-3 WEEKS
PRICE: $ 269.00
Hand of God by Rodin Sculpture- By modelling this bold work, Rodin broke away completely from all types of traditional compositions and adopted a form that appealed directly to the imagination. The hand powerfully moulding the matter from which the human being is created represents the divinity bringing forth humanity from emptiness. It is also a symbolic image of the artist inventing a world. Rodin had a deep knowledge of the art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It has been established that the origin of the Hand of God was a study for a hand used for two of the personages in The Burghers of Calais whose gestures express farewell and despair. This is a particularly interesting example of Rodin's gift for giving completely different meanings to works composed of common elements. The Hand of God is holding clay with Adam and Eve intermingled together. Rodin's Hand of God The Hand of God was produced in 1898 by the master sculptor Auguste Rodin. It represented a total break from any sort of traditional composition and the adoption of a form directly aimed at the imagination. The hand that powerfully molds the matter from which two newborn creatures emerge is the divinity which forms humanity from nothing; it is also the symbolic image of the artist who invents a world. The Hand of God originated from a study of a hand used for two characters in the Burgher of Calais group, the gestures of which evoke farewell and despare.The Hand of God" (1898) This sculpture makes specific reference to the story of creation as related in the bible. In it, Rodin creates a powerful image by combining a sculpture of his own hand with figures depicting Adam and Eve who are shown as if emerging from a lump of clay being manipulated and presented to the world by God. In his advice to young artists Rodin included this: "Aimez devotement les maitres qui vous precederent. Inclinez-vous devant Phidias et devant Michelange." (Love devoutly the masters who have preceded you. Bow before Phidias and Michelangelo.") Rodin's admiration of Michelangelo is apparent in many of his works, among which must be included The Hand of God. Inspiration for this great statue was probably found in Michelangelo's "The Creation of Man," in which the hand of God is giving life to Adam, and in the half finished statues generally called "The Captives." In sculpturing, Rodin was a bridge from the old to the new. The Hand of God reveals an indebtedness to Michelangelo but also a complete break with his immediate predecessors. Its' half finished treatment appealed more to the imagination than to a realistic eye. The great hand of The Creator and the formulating figures of Adam and Eve seem to be emerging from the marble just as Michelangelo's Captives," surrounded by the rough gouging of the chisel, seem to be emerging from their prison of stone. This sculpture is hand finished in a bronze patina.
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