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The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Auguste Rodin, Before 1889, Plaster cast after the marble.
“Situated to the right of the tympanum of The Gates of Hell, these two intertwined figures were originally embedded vertically, above the pilaster. Rodin separated them from the Gates and presented them lying down to form a Sapphic couple. The lower figure was none other than the Young Girl with Snake, who appears in many of his compositions.”
“Of all of Rodin’s works with various titles, this group is among those with the most. When it appeared in 1889 it was called Satyresses. Some critics pointed out its direct link with Baudelaire’s poetry, and it was even rebaptized Damned Women and Sensual Pleasure (The Flowers of Evil), and then, for an exhibition in Copenhagen in 1898, Lovers. The title The Metamorphoses of Ovid took hold only the following year, making reference to Latin poetry through a text that was particularly dear to Rodin and which, precisely, called up the theme of metamorphosis to describe his ideas on how bodies should be depicted.”
(Details from mmfarodin.com/w/les-metamorphoses-dovide-pour-la-porte-de...)
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Auguste Rodin, Before 1889, Plaster cast after the marble.
“Situated to the right of the tympanum of The Gates of Hell, these two intertwined figures were originally embedded vertically, above the pilaster. Rodin separated them from the Gates and presented them lying down to form a Sapphic couple. The lower figure was none other than the Young Girl with Snake, who appears in many of his compositions.”
“Of all of Rodin’s works with various titles, this group is among those with the most. When it appeared in 1889 it was called Satyresses. Some critics pointed out its direct link with Baudelaire’s poetry, and it was even rebaptized Damned Women and Sensual Pleasure (The Flowers of Evil), and then, for an exhibition in Copenhagen in 1898, Lovers. The title The Metamorphoses of Ovid took hold only the following year, making reference to Latin poetry through a text that was particularly dear to Rodin and which, precisely, called up the theme of metamorphosis to describe his ideas on how bodies should be depicted.”
(Details from mmfarodin.com/w/les-metamorphoses-dovide-pour-la-porte-de...)