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0022625

Author/Editor: FELDMAN Anita

Publisher: The Henry Moore Foundation

Place Published: Perry Green

Year: 2013

Date & Collation: (29 March - 27 October 2013)144pp.Illus.Chronology.Works.Notes

Description: Catalogue of the exhibition shown at The Henry Moore Foundation 29 March - 27 October 2013 and Compton Verney, Warwickshire 15 February - 31 August 2014. Catalogue in 8 chapters, 3 essays and 1 edited interview. 6-7 Forward by Richard CALVOCORESSI and Steven PARISSIEN. 9-14 Introduction by Anita FELDMAN Catalogue Anita FELDMAN 15-26 1. Drawing from Life: Examination of Moore and Rodin's study and drawings from life, from the body, bones and found natural forms. 27-36 2. Black and Underground: comparison between Moore's Shelter drawings and Rodin's 'Black drawings'; the use and symbolism of "darkness"; avoidance of depicting individuals and anonymity of figures relating to all of mankind and transcending the particular. 37-54 3. Figure and Landscape: study of the shared interest in the fusion of figure and environment, whether architectural or surrounding landscape. 55-60 4. Pressure Beneath the Surface: Moore's examination and thoughts on Rodin and both artists' familiarity with the works of Michelangelo. 61-66 5. Interlocking and Compacted Forms: exploration of the essence of sculptural form, including forms within forms; internal/external; groupings of interrelated forms. 67-82 6. Fragments and Torsos: Both artists collected antiquities and found objects and interspersed fragments with their own figures. Shared preoccupation with the torso and condensation of the body to its most essential and purest form. 83-92 7. Repetition and Variation: Study of how Moore and Rodin repeated a sculptural form within the same composition, often with subtle variations. 93-98 8. Finished/Unfinished: Reworking and the chance and the use of accidental markings; tool marking, casting seams, weld and pointing marks and other markings of industrial fabrication as aesthetic components of work. 99-108 Moore, Rodin and Photography - One takes photographs, the other doesn't by Hélène PINET. Essay on their use and approach to photography and how photography progressed in line with their fame. 109-118 Rodin and Moore's Collections by Mary MOORE. Detailing Moore's collection of paintings, ethnographic sculpture, pottery, Renaissance and medieval artefacts, exotic shells and fragments of natural materials, displayed in the yellow sitting room at Hoglands; and Rodin's collection of Greek and Egyptian antiquities, paintings, engravings, Japanese drawings and prints, acting as a personal visual reference library. 119-126 Larger Figures, Simpler Forms by François BLANÇHETIÈRE. Essay on scale and the techniques adopted by Rodin, including enlargement and fragmentation. 127-130 Rodin, A Conversation - Henry Moore with Alan BOWNESS. Edited interview with Moore talking about Rodin. 131-132 Chronology - Auguste Rodin 133-134 Chronology - Henry Moore 135-140 Works in the Exhibition