A Comparison Of Camille Claudel - 1216 Words

Camille Claudel, a French sculptor and graphic artist, was the muse of the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin (Lotz). She created her works of art in a realistic direction. Her most poetic and notable work is the sculpture Waltz (1892-1905). Made of bronze, it depicts a man and a woman at the time of intimate close dance (Lotz). The second no less interesting and outstanding sculpture is marble Cupid and Psyche (1787 - 1793) Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, representative of classicism. Despite the different eras, styles, and manner of performing sculptors, both of these works are one and the same beautiful and have much in common, expressing a single thought about the feeling of love. The very performance of these two beautiful†¦show more content†¦The goddess Venus, envying the beauty of Psyche, Amurs lover, sent her to the underworld for a vessel of beauty, forbidding her to look into it (â€Å"A closer Look at Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss†). Psyche violated the prohibition of the goddess of love, opened the lid and was enveloped in a magical dream. She was brought back to life by the kiss of Cupid and this scene depicts great tender (Albrizzi, Cicognara Missirini). Canova showed Cupid at the moment when he, having descended from heaven, had just touched the ground (â€Å"A closer Look at Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss†). His wings, as if supporting the god in the air, crown the composition. The wings seem to hold the god in the air, and Psyche, still half-asleep, is raised to meet his lover. In addition, both sculptures also differ in the very movement they express. Therefore, the sculpture of Claudel recreates a couple in romantic and passionate waltz movements. Their hands and faces touch in this moment, however their bends, drape of the skirt, the angle of the pair in the dance creates a feeling of action, a rush, the viewer feels this movement (Burgon 11). This is definitely a dynamic sculpture, which makes you feel the rapid d ance of the couple and the expression of their vivid feelings. Cupid and Psyche†, on the contrary, seems as if it is frozen in the moment of a kiss. There is no speed, action and dynamics. The