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Andre Žid - Ima gradova i gradova
Natanaele, govorit ću ti o gradovima.
Vidio sam Smirnu kako spava kao polegnuta djevojčica; Napulj kao pohotna kupačica, a Zaguan kao kabilski pastir komu su se od bliske zore zarumenjeli obrazi. Alžir dršće od ljubavi na suncu i obeznanjuje se od ljubavi noću.
Jovan Dučić - Egipat je zemlja o kojoj puno znamo, ali koji stvarno ne postoji
Afrika, to prvog dana izgleda ne novi kontinent, nego nova zvezda; i to nova i neznana zvezda koja se stropoštala na usijano more, i zapalila celu pučinu. Međutim, sam Egipat, u prvom dodiru, ničim naročito ne iznenađuje. Sa ravnice mora zakoračimo u ravnicu zemlje, i to mirno, kao da se time nije ništa ni dogodilo. Egipat izgleda kao zemlja bez svoje granice; gde ne ulazimo na neka vrata; gde vidimo neku zemlju koja nema, kao sve druge zemlje, svoj početak i svoj svršetak.
Jusuf Idris - Kairo
U srednjovekovnom Kairu ulice su uske, neasfaltirane, vijugave i popločane makadamom. Pred nama se pružaju ogromna, neuređena gradska prostranstva iz kojih se račvaju uski sokaci te ponegde dva čoveka ne mogu ni da se mimoiđu. Kuće su toliko zbijene da im se krovovi dodiruju. Strane sokaka sačinjene su od zidova ovih kuća, a asure se protežu od krova do krova. Istina je da uska ulica može da bude zagušljiva i teskobna, ali ovde ipak vlada okrepljujuća svežina koju donosi strujanje hladnog vauduha pored zbijenih kuća.
Lorens Darel - Delfi
Ali, Delfi... Srce u grudima kao da se uspinje zajedno sa putem i visokim planinskim obroncima koji se uzdižu sa obe strane; vazduh postaje leden. Najzad, kada se zaobiđe poslednja okuka, ukazuju se i oni u svoj svojoj nedosežnosti, poput zlatnog orla čije su kandže stegle krvavocrvenu stenu što se s vrtoglavom neumitnošću obrušava ka suvom koritu Pleistosa.
Anri Matis - Akt s leđa
Anri Matis je između 1908. i 1931. godine napravio seriju četiri bronzana reljefa poznatu po nazivu Akt s leđa (Nu de Dos) koji izvrsno prikazuju umetnikovu potragu za suštinom ljudskosti. Ove Matisove najveće i najmonumentalnije skulpture su bile jedinstveni odlivak od gipsa sve do 1950. godine, kada su I, III i IV odlivene u bronzi, a Akt s leđa II ponovo otkriven 1955. godine, godinu dana nakon Matisove smrti. Serije su izlivene u dvanaest bronzanih izdanja, uključujući i jedno za umetnikovu porodicu od kojih se većina danas nalazi u muzejskim kolekcijama širom sveta.
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss is considered a masterpiece of neoclassical sculpture
The Italian neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova was known as the creator of marble sculptures, which were delicately sculpted into naked people. One of his most famous sculptures is Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, also known as Psyche and Cupid, which he sculpted between 1787 and 1793. In this sculpture, Canova portrayed the loving embrace of two major characters from Greek mythology: Love, or Cupid in Latin, and the soul, Psyche. He captures two sides of love; its incredible strength and its fragility and tenderness. The original Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss sculpture is currently on display at the Louvre in Paris.
The Kiss by Constantin Brâncuși is considered the first modern sculpture of the twentieth century
The series of works by the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, entitled The Kiss, is one of the most famous depictions of love in the history of art. There were several versions of The Kiss that Brâncuși sculpted, each of them simplifying the concept of sparse objects and geometry in his forms further. The original sculpture is in Muzeul de Arta in Romania. This early plaster sculpture is one of six casts that Brâncuși made of the 1907–08 The Kiss. The sculpture The Kiss, which can be seen at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, marked a great departure from the emotional realism of the famous sculpture.
The Kiss - Auguste Rodin and Constantin Brâncuși
Both Auguste Rodin and Constantin Brâncuși has their own The Kiss sculpture. Both sculptures by these two famous sculptors, working in the same city, are of the same subject and both are carved directly into the stone. Also, their sculptures are the same by name but different by meaning. There's hardly a way to compare the two sculptures otherwise; they look like they hail from different worlds entirely. Rodin's sculpture is more academic and conventional while Brâncuși's sculpture is more primal and addresses a basic emotion in the heart and soul of humanity in a more direct manner.
Auguste Rodin's inspiration for The Kiss
Trained in the traditions of eighteenth-century art, captivated by the works of Renaissance artist Michelangelo and fascinated by the works of classical Greece, Auguste Rodin broke the rules and the mold in many of his sculptures. Rodin's main inspiration for The Kiss comes from a literary source, and its classical composition was taken from classic sculptures of his time. He captures a tangible feeling of the psychology of love in the way the bodies of Paolo and Francesca for The Gates of Hell meld into one another, portraying the essence of complete passion.
The Kiss by Auguste Rodin is an iconic image of love
The famous marble sculpture The Kiss from 1882 by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin represents a sensuality that shocked contemporaries. The embracing couple depicted in the sculpture was originally part of a group of reliefs adorning Rodin's monumental bronze portal known as The Gates of Hell, commissioned for the planned Art Museum in Paris. This couple was later removed because it depicted a positive state contradicting the overall tone of the Inferno gates. Rodin transformed the group into an independent work which the public called The Kiss and exhibited it with his Monument to Balzac in 1898. Today, the sculpture The Kiss is in the Rodin Museum in Paris, and it is still one of the most famous and most adored sculptures in the world.
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