Statues of Art - Auguste Term Paper

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One look at Brancusi's "The kiss" and I was left with a completely different feeling. The two lovers' contact is reduced to their lips. They are looking in to each other's eyes but cannot see - or touch, any part of their partner's body. I think that his intentions were the same as in the case of Rodin, but the difference is in their aesthetics. Rodin aimed at expressing love and sexuality through a fullness of forms whereas Brancusi wanted to depict this feeling using exactly the opposite method, i.e. reduced natural forms so that the essence would perhaps be less obvious but more conceptual.
I think that through simplicity, keeping the basics of his image of a kiss intact, i.e. The man and the woman (the distinction is made by the fact that the woman - on the left - has long flowing hair, a symbol of femininity), their lips (a sign of the union of the two lovers) and their arms wrapped around each other, Brancusi achieved a complete picture of intimacy, closeness, and ultimately, love. Sometimes, less really is more......

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