Meijer Sculpture Gardens
Title
Meijer Sculpture Gardens
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
June 13, 2017
Alternative Title or Name
Eve
Creator
Rodin, Auguste
Creator2
Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)
Creator Nationality
French
Work Type
Visual Works
Date
1881, cast before 1920
Work Location
Michigan (state)
Grand Rapids (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (style or period)
Symbolist
Subject
women (female humans)
public sculpture
Eve (Biblical figure)
Description
Front view of sculpture of "Eve" by Auguste Rodin at the Meijer Sculpture Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Originally created in association with his famed “Gates of Hell” for the never completed museum of decorative arts in Paris, Eve became one of the artist’s most celebrated descriptions of the female figure. Standing awkwardly in an attempt to cover her body, the figure distorts the classical “controposto” or “weight-shift” position. Additionally, Rodin has forsaken the traditional smooth surfaces and rounded contours apparent in figurative sculpture since the Renaissance in favor of something highly textured and emotive. This is one of twelve known full-scales casts of Eve"--Meijer Sculpture Gardens website.
Material/Medium
bronze (metal)
Measurements
68.5 x 19 x 22.5 inches
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
MSG-114
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