Jean-Jacques FEUCHÈRE (1807 - 1852)
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Weirdly specific ask game - 7
7. A medium of art you don’t work in but appreciate
I can't sculpt to save my life but there are so many gorgeous sculptures out there.
“Toothy Beast Movement Study”, 2007 by Eva Funderburgh
Floral triceratops by Vallavica
Oliver Marinkosky
A special mention to this 3D sculpture by Vasudev Singh Chauhan in his series In Final Diaboli. Vasudev is one of my fave artists.
Jean-Jacques Feuchère
Mirin_kou
Daniele Accossato
@sleepnoises
Colin & Kristine Poole; Gift of the Faun (2017)
Part of Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at SJ tech museum.
1960's Soviet Union Devil statue by Kasli. I have this one and its smaller version.
Matteo Pugliese
Konoike Tomoke
You'll find these all (for reblogging or liking) from my blog from the tag #sculpture
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Satan, 1835, by Jean-Jacques Feuchère
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Satan, 1835, by Jean-Jacques Feuchère
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Dante's Divine Comedy
While painting my current work in progress, its resemblance to the second circle of hell was pointed out to me. I thought I'd research a bit of the Divine Comedy, particularly the Inferno to learn more about the subject. The second circle of hell represents lust, with a constant tempest buffeting those who gave in to carnal temptation.
Jean-Jacques Feuchère, Dante Meditating on the "Divine Comedy", 1843. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.91288.html
Made with pen and a brown ink wash. Visual movement of his imagination through the space. His own battle between virtue and vice?
William Blake, The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca, 1827. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.8317.html
Rich allegory within the story, of course. What interests me about this story is its focus on knowing evil to be able to know good - couldn't climb the mountain of purgatory into heaven before going through hell. Then considered the circle of gluttony, how that links with ideas of excess and food and enjoyment, but I think that actually deviates more from my use of food than the second circle would. In my painting I have a figure eating whatever it has found, some ambiguous fruit. It started that way and I enjoy it, and I think it might take on some meaning in future, when the work is more resolved. For the moment, the figures are all crawling aimlessly, scavenging in vain for a life they'll never live again.
Gustave Doré, Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell, 1861. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Gustave_Doré_-_Dante_et_Virgile_dans_le_neuvième_cercle_de_l%27Enfer.jpg
I'm going back in history with my source material and it's far more exciting to me than contemporary research, just at the minute. I consider the fact that a lot of contemporary artists have sourced their inspiration in centuries-old art, and I think it's a valid thing to learn about before venturing back to modernity. That said, Francis Bacon has been a notable influence on me.
Eadweard Muybridge, Child with infantile paralysis walking on hands and feet, 1887. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child_with_infantile_paralysis_walking_on_hands_and_feet_%28rbm-QP301M8-1887-539a~8%29.jpg
Francis Bacon, Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours (from Muybridge), 1961. https://www.francis-bacon.com/artworks/paintings/paralytic-child-walking-all-fours-muybridge
Bacon's use of paint and abstraction of the figure have been a source of consistent fascination and inquiry for me in my painting practice. This is currently coming together with the work of Dante, biblical stories, the poetry of Ted Hughes and others, and my focus on food as an allegorical device.
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Jean-Jacques FEUCHÈRE,
Michelangelo
Bronze, height 44 cm
Private collection
Un'opera che ci offre una versione, forse non molto veritiera, del grande maestro rinascimentale.
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02 carvings Of Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, Sculpture, #8
02 carvings Of Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, Sculpture, #8
Jean-Jacques Feuchère, 1807 – 1852
Leda and the Swan
Silvered bronze and ormolu group
17 x 22 cm; 6 2/3 by 8 2/3 in
Private Collection
Leda,in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had approached and seduced her in the form of a swan) of the other twin,…
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Jean-Jacques Feuchères... Satan... 1834.
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Happy Halloween! Here is Jean Jacques Feuchère’s bronze sculpture ‘Satan’ from the collection of the The Clark Art Institute.
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