Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the Metropolita…
Kiev: monument for the Ukrainian-Russian friendshi…
Bow
Ena Gregory
Reflection of bow tied on carriage lamp..
Sweet Faced Girl "Baby La Fatte"
Cheery Girl
Quebec Children
Girl with Fancy Sleeves
The Girls
Jackson Baby
The Emigrants
steampunk 017
steampunk 016
Bow
three mills, london 1753
three mills, london 1753
Waldläuferin-Tochter
Bronze Statuette of Apollo in the Metropolitan Mus…
Broken arrow
Whoops
Nigel
Katie
Moi, je suis un bowman
Kathy
Threads of Feeling
Frozen fountain
Wreathed
Plate by Paseas with Herakles, Hermes and Cerberus…
Detail of a Plate by Paseas with Herakles, Hermes…
Detail of a Kylix with Apollo by the Brygos Painte…
Kylix with Apollo by the Brygos Painter in the Bos…
the back of 81 and 83 Camberwell Grove
Bow Lake (Banff National Park, Canada)
Bow of "Rickmer Rickmers"
Barge with the bow of "Rickmer Rickmers"
Spending an afternoon in Scheveningen: the Tridens
Location
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
348 visits
Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2006
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907)
Diana, 1893–94; this cast, 1894 or after
Bronze; 28 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 14 in. (71.8 x 41.3 x 35.6 cm)
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985 (1985.353)
Description
In 1891, Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, opened to the public with great fanfare. White (1853 - 1906), an old friend and artistic collaborator of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, modeled the Garden's tower after the tower of the Giralda which adjoins the cathedral of Seville in Spain. The architect wanted to have a revolving weather vane for his tower in the same manner as it Spanish prototype. Aware of Saint-Gaudens' desire to model ideal compositions, White gave the sculptor the opportunity to create the finial. The original Diana was 18 feet high and proved too large and cumbersome for White's tower. It was removed and replaced by a thinner and more streamlined 13-foot version in 1893. Diana was the only nude in Saint-Gaudens' oeuvre, and like many nude sculptures, it was often chastised by a puritanical public. Nevertheless, Saint-Gaudens viewed Diana as one of the crown jewels in his career. He created statuettes in three variants, of which this cast is of the rare, second type. The graceful elegance of this Diana is partially the result of the exquisite chasing defining her hair and facial features. The sculpture is further enhanced by a rich matte gold colored patination composed of gold, copper, and zinc, and applied by the electroplating process.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum's site: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_art/viewOne.asp?dep=2&view...
Diana, 1893–94; this cast, 1894 or after
Bronze; 28 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 14 in. (71.8 x 41.3 x 35.6 cm)
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985 (1985.353)
Description
In 1891, Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, opened to the public with great fanfare. White (1853 - 1906), an old friend and artistic collaborator of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, modeled the Garden's tower after the tower of the Giralda which adjoins the cathedral of Seville in Spain. The architect wanted to have a revolving weather vane for his tower in the same manner as it Spanish prototype. Aware of Saint-Gaudens' desire to model ideal compositions, White gave the sculptor the opportunity to create the finial. The original Diana was 18 feet high and proved too large and cumbersome for White's tower. It was removed and replaced by a thinner and more streamlined 13-foot version in 1893. Diana was the only nude in Saint-Gaudens' oeuvre, and like many nude sculptures, it was often chastised by a puritanical public. Nevertheless, Saint-Gaudens viewed Diana as one of the crown jewels in his career. He created statuettes in three variants, of which this cast is of the rare, second type. The graceful elegance of this Diana is partially the result of the exquisite chasing defining her hair and facial features. The sculpture is further enhanced by a rich matte gold colored patination composed of gold, copper, and zinc, and applied by the electroplating process.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum's site: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_art/viewOne.asp?dep=2&view...
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.