THE KISS- BY RODIN Cultured Marble

RODIN'S THE KISS

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Size: 8"H (20cm)
Item#: T-006SM
Item Type: statue
Material: cultured marble
Weight (lbs): 6 lbs
ship wt: 8 lbs
ship box: 19x16x13

The passionate love of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta
was a theme which Rodin used to inspire The Kiss. Although it
was originally intended to be part of the Gates of Hell, Rodin
did not feel that it fit and removed the figures to make them
an individual statue. Its blend of eroticism and idealism makes
it one of the great images of sexual love. The form of the lovers
emerges from the highlights and shadows of the statue. Light and
shade were used by Rodin to create an impression of actuality.
He did with modeling that which his contemporaries, the French
impressionist painters, were doing with pigment. The couple are
the adulterous lovers Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini,
who were slain by Francesca�s outraged husband. They appear in
Dante's Inferno, which describes how their passion grew as they
read the story of Lancelot and Guinevere together. Rodin indicated
that his approach to sculpting women was of homage to them and their
bodies, not just submitting to men but as full partners in ardor.
The consequent eroticism in the sculpture made it controversial.
Rodin considered it overly traditional, but it remains as one of
his most famous works.
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THE KISS BY RODIN
PN: T-006BM-2
Size: 8" X 4.5" X 5
Item Type: statue
Material: cultured marble -
Bronze type coating
Weight (lbs): 6 lbs
ship wt: 8 lbs
ship box: 19x16x13

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