Auguste Rodin: Hand Compositions

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Auguste Rodin Hand Compositions
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Auguste Rodin (French, 18401917)

• Rodin was a famous artist know mainly for his
  sculptures The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, etc.
  He broke away from centuries of Greek tradition.
• Toward the end of his career, Rodin began to use
  giant hands in a series of original and
  idiosyncratic arrangements, with titles such as
  The Hand of God, The Hand of the Devil (1903),
  The Cathedral (1908), and The Secret (ca. 1910).

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The Hand of God
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Hand of the Devil
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Rodins Ideology

• His sculpture emphasized the individual and the
  concreteness of flesh, and suggested emotion
  through detailed, textured surfaces, and the
  interplay of light and shadow. To a greater
  degree than his contemporaries, Rodin believed
  that an individual's character was revealed by
  his physical features.2

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Sculpture/Sketch
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Rodin Sculpture
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Hands of a Genius

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vwBPAzb1u2ok

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Student Objective Hand Self Portrait

• draw hands from life - careful observation
• combine realistic hand drawing in fantasy "scape"
  
• utilize elements of design - show good
  composition skills/principles of design - value
  shading
• experiment with chalk, pastels, colour pencils,
  etc.

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Student Examples . . .
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Student Examples . . .
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Do it!

• What does your hand say about you?