Rodin And Henry Moore Analysis

Artists reimagine the human form in their artworks by using past experiences, intentions, ideas, materials, practises and applying them to the human form in an abstracted or changed reformation. World issues and interests also contribute to the recreation of the human form as they can give a traumatising or positive impression on the artist which would lead to new ideas for recreation. Art is an outlet for an artist to release his/her inner intentions and any other beliefs that cannot be seen by looking at his/her physical appearance, naturally these hidden beliefs, intentions, experiences can be easily moulded and distorted into and abstract and intricate piece of art.

Henry Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was the most influential English sculptor of his generation. Examples of his masterpieces include “The reclining figure” “King and Queen” and “large interior form” all organic artworks that depict and emphasise the human figure in a new

reformation. His artworks were inspired by various intentions such as, memorising war times so that we never forget what we went through and he thought of new ways of reimagining the human form so that we can see the beauty in creation that never stops creating. Henry Moore once said “The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.” this is evidence to his perception of how artists reimagine the human form.

Auguste Rodin was a french sculptor (November 12, 1840 - November 17, 1917) recognised for creating his iconic sculptures that don’t necessarily reimagine the human in appearance but with material.

In comparison to Henry Moore, Rodin’s work is much more realistic in fact critics were quoted saying that the artwork was thought to be cast from a living model whereas Moore’s work is greatly abstracted. If you look at “The Thinker” by Rodin and “the reclining figure” by Moore you will see Rodin’s work has such explicit detail from facial features to hair grooves keeping in mind that this is a metal sculpture and Moore has no facial features or even a top half of a head. Rodin once said “To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.” this is evidence to Rodin’s favour of the human figure as it is, he was very fond of nature as many artists are. His creations focused on media not figure. Using refined natural materials like bronze and other metals he was able to reimagine the human figure in a different

media.

Henry Moore and Auguste Rodin are 2 of many artists that have experienced great success through recreating the human form. Moore focused on human features then emphasising features usually this would involve and female or family, where this inspiration came from is hard to narrow down to one event or experiences however it can be said with certainty that the collaboration of these outlets lead to extravagant sculptures. Rodin was an artist who didn't focus on the human appearance and was already in awe of its form as he was a natural enthusiast, so he focused on the materials he could use to recreate the human form perhaps so that this perfect form and remain perfect in an ageless reformation. Artists reimagine the human form in a variety of different ways but to truly recreate a humanistic figure appearance, abstraction and media would all need to be taken into account.