The Tragic Passion of Auguste Rodin by Rainer J
Ecce Homo: The Tragic Passion of Auguste Rodin by Rainer J. Hanshe Master Sculptor: Rodin in Istambul Hyperion, Volume I, issue 4, December 2006 The Tragic Ecce Passion of Homo Auguste Rodin Master Sculptor, Rodin in Istanbul Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul June 13, 2006 – September 3, 2006 by Rainer J. Hanshe 1 Hyperion—Ecce Homo: The Tragic Passion of Auguste Rodin Note: The following essay does not engage in formal aesthetic analysis of specifi c works of art by Rodin; its dynamic or propulsive force is different. It commences with a theoretical prelude on passion and then embarks on a meditative analysis of Rodin’s work born of an experiential encounter with it. It refl ects upon the work as a revelation and expression of being and explores the multitudinous ways in which one can live with Rodin’s art as an active force. Art shows mans his raison d’etre. It reveals to him the meaning of life, it enlightens him upon his destiny, and consequently points him on his way. The great artist, and by this I mean the poet as well as the “ painter and the sculptor, fi nds even in suffering, in the death of loved ones, in the treachery of friends, something which fi lls him with a voluptuous though tragic admiration. When he sees beings everywhere destroying each other; when he sees all youth fading, all strength failing, all genius dying, when he is face to face with the will which decreed these tragic laws, more than ever he rejoices in his knowledge, and, seized anew by the passion for truth, he is happy.
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