Posted by ~~Alii~~ on September 11, 2002, at 4:25:18
In reply to Re: Dante's Hell » ~~Alii~~, posted by jay on September 11, 2002, at 0:17:25
>>>>Ya, it is a tad dang warm in here...with this guy sticking a burning cigar in my face. I am looking for the 'Up' button...but it seems to be missing.
"Most of all..he loved the Fall". That is written on Hemingway's Memorial plaque...no wonder I feel so much like him.
Jay<<<<<Jay,
I suppose that reading Dante and Sexton when I'm feeling the way I have for the past few days is not helping matters but thanks for joining me in this circle of hell.
The Gates that Rodin did are phenomenal and so perfectly capture how I feel at my worst moments of this heinous depression.
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This link has some nice close ups of a few angles of the work: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/rodin_gates2.html
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I am feeling an urge to make a journey to Stanford University's Rodin sculpture garden soon. I need to sit and be with such an immense work of bronze to truly appreciate just how much beauty Rodin was able to create out of Alighieri's The Inferno.
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From this site: http://www.cantorfoundation.org/Rodin/Gallery/rvg25.htmlThe Three Shades stand atop The Gates of Hell above The Thinker, gesturing downwards, heads lowered and arms extended, appearing despondent and weary. The composition consists of three casts of the same figure juxtaposed at slightly different angles. Rodin's peers believed The Three Shades signified Dante's warning, "Abandon every hope, ye who enters here," which is taken from the inscription above the Gates of Hell in Dante's Inferno.
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So.........it's late...........I'm awake..........scared...........tired..........awake and reading Dante and pouring over my sculpture books of Rodin.~~a.
poster:~~Alii~~
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