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The modernity of Meštrović’s work is in his carving style, both sharply angular and smoothly curved, kinda showing the way tenderness works in the roughest of people. Even at the height of his popularity, what mattered to Meštrović was demonstrating his g

The modernity of Meštrović’s work is in his carving style, both sharply angular and smoothly curved, kinda showing the way tenderness works in the roughest of people. Even at the height of his popularity, what mattered to Meštrović was demonstrating his gratefulness to the forces that shaped him – his mom, god, and home – in a way that is as accessible to a visitor to the Met as it is to a young peasant struggling through grimmest poverty. #IvanMeštrović #BowmanSculpture. #winterantiquesshow #sculpture #arthistory #Croatia #meštrović #masterpiece #parkavenuearmory #contemporaryart #augusterodin #artwatchers_united #artnerd #nycart #antiques #modernart #hrvatska #vizkultura

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Uploaded on February 8, 2016