Monday, September 2, 2024

Torsion (Torsos)

Roman Empire
Torso - Artemis
2nd century AD
marble
National Gallery of Norway, Oslo

Henry Moore
Torso
1926
cast concrete
Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green, Hertfordshire

Aimé-Jules Dalou
Torso
ca. 1890-1900
gilt bronze
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
(Palace of the Legion of Honor)

Gaston Lachaise
Torso
1924
marble
Art Institute of Chicago

Alphonse Legros
Study of Antique Torso
ca. 1880
drawing
Princeton University Art Museum

Anton Løvenberg
Antique Torso
(study from a cast)
ca. 1850-60
drawing
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Man Ray
Male Torso
1930
gelatin silver print
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Willem Panneels
Study of the Torso of the Laocoön
ca. 1628-30
drawing
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Nicolas Régnier
St Sebastian
ca. 1620
oil on canvas
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse
Figure Study
ca. 1890
drawing
Petit Palais
(Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

Auguste Rodin
Small Male Torso
ca. 1880-90
bronze
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

Giuseppe Graziosi
Torso
ca. 1920
plaster
Museo Civico di Modena

Roman Empire
Torso - Apollo Sauroctonos
1st-2nd century AD
marble
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

Roman Empire
Torso - Giant
AD 117-138
marble
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Roman Empire
Torso - Satyr
1st-2nd century AD
marble
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

Roman Empire
Torso - Young God
2nd century AD
marble
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Four Ages of Man 

He with body waged a fight,
But body won; it walks upright.

Then he struggled with the heart;
Innocence and peace depart.

Then he struggled with the mind;
His proud heart he left behind.

Now his wars on God begin;
At stroke of midnight God shall win.

– W.B. Yeats (1935)