1. Example of a “Beginning Comparative Study” on Rodin, Moore and contemporary artist; Kiki Smith
“Draped Seated Woman”, 1957
“The Old Courtesan”, 1910

2. Contrasting, yet similar artist, Kiki Smith’s “Standing”, 1998

3. Maybe start with Formal Elements Compared and Contrasted in bullets first
Rodin
Repetition of form in drapery
Old and Weak
Bronze
Interesting Line Work
Representational
Detail
Accurate Proportions
Closed space
Vertical
Dramatic/Emotional
Downward dragging
Organic (melting skin).
Expressionistic
Moore
Repetition of form in skin and drapery
Strong and Healthy
Plaster/stone/bronze
Interesting Texture
Open Space
Horizontal
Landscape
Straight forward
Stiff
Expressionistic
Eye travels through folds
No Facial details
Smith
Female figure made by female contemporary artist
Sculpture in in bronze
Middle aged woman
Strong, yet vulnerable
Water
“Madonna-esque”
Enrapturing the idea of life and death in the human form, from the inside out
The idea of earth and sky (space) as the backdrop for figure to interact in nature
Symbolism - Small starfish affixed to chest configrated in the constellation of Virgo, and carries a waterjug

4. Do the same for Function & Purpose
Rodin
1885
Both work in bronze and women in as a subject matter for personal interpretation
Excerpt from the Gates of Hell suggesting of women: “Women’s beauty is a purpose and beauty is lost with age.” There is no purpose for women beyond the aesthetic of beauty.
Moore
1957
Internal investigation of woman as human figure and as a landscape in which to interpret
Suggesting for women: Women’s purpose strictly used for form, broken down into basic abstractions of form, non- objectification. Yet there is no identity or acknowledgement of identity.

5. Conceptual and material significance
of Kiki Smith’s Standing –
Of Henry Moore’s “Draped seated woman” or Rodin’s “Old Courtesan”….Symbols, meaning in use materials, messages both cultural and as it relates time period, politics, whatever between the two or 3 artworks, artists using Venn diagrams.
“Structure of CS” for guidance……

6. Work of art based on the information and a personal response of what I would say to Rodin’s and Moore’s concept of the female form as inspiration using my own modern materials and concepts to make a sculpture in response to theirs.