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Danaïd

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"What is so poignant about Rodin's figures is that we find ourselves in them; we see our disenchantments reflected there; according to Stéphane Mallarmé's fine expression, 'they areour fellow sufferers'."Depicted by Rodin as a young woman, naked and crouching forward on the ground, herlong tresses cascading over her face, Danaïd is one of the artist's most touching figures. Onlookers will indeed strongly empathize with a pose conveying such abandonment and despair. In an essay that combines analysis of the myth with a history of form and aesthetics, Aline Magnien brings a fresh take on this marble sculpture that breaks away from traditional iconography. With luminous modelling and devoid of shadowy hollows, Danaïd recalls the words of Gaston Bachelard: "The spring is an irresistible birth, a continuous birth."

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1 online resource (160 pages)

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English

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9791037034366

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