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'''''Avarice and Lust''''' is a sculpture by [[France|French]] artist [[Auguste Rodin]], conceived between 1885-1887, representing two of the [[seven capital sins]] and is part of his sculptural group ''[[The Gates of Hell]]'',<ref name="LPDI" /> where it can be found in the lower part of the right door.<ref name="Elsen" /> It's possible that the name was inspired by [[Victor Hugo]]'s poem ''[[Après une Lecture de Dante|After reading Dante]]'':<ref name="LPDI" />
'''''Avarice and Lust''''' is a sculpture by [[France|French]] artist [[Auguste Rodin]], conceived between 1885 and 1887, representing two of the [[seven capital sins]] and is part of his sculptural group ''[[The Gates of Hell]]'',<ref name="LPDI" /> where it can be found in the lower part of the right door.<ref name="Elsen" /> It's possible that the name was inspired by [[Victor Hugo]]'s poem ''Après une lecture du Dante'':<ref name="LPDI" />
{{verse translation|
{{verse translation|
Et la luxure immonde, et l'avarice infâme,
Et la luxure immonde, et l'avarice infâme,
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==Description==
The piece is made of several parts: the torso of a falling man, whose extremely long arms encircle a woman who is partially covering her face, while he is reaching for some coins. He represents [[greed]]. His body is made up with the torso from ''[[The Falling Man (Auguste Rodin)|The Falling Man]]'', with the arms in a different position, a new head and hair.<ref name="Elsen"/> [[Lust]] is represented with the female figure offering her body, based on an 1888 drawing by Rodin, titled ''Skeleton embracing a woman''.<ref name="MR"/>
The piece is made of several parts: the torso of a falling man, whose extremely long arms encircle a woman who is partially covering her face, while he is reaching for some coins. He represents [[greed]]. His body is made up with the torso from ''[[The Falling Man (Auguste Rodin)|The Falling Man]]'', with the arms in a different position, a new head and hair.<ref name="Elsen"/> [[Lust]] is represented with the female figure offering her body, based on an 1888 drawing by Rodin, titled ''Skeleton embracing a woman''.<ref name="MR"/>

==See also==
*[[List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="LPDI">{{cite book|author=Museo Soumaya|title=La puerta del Infierno |trans-title=The Gates of Hell |isbn=978-607-7805-18-2|edition=1st|pages=322–325 |author-link=Museo Soumaya |publisher=Fundacion Carlos Slim |year=2015}}</ref>
<ref name="LPDI">{{cite book|author=Museo Soumaya|title=La puerta del Infierno |trans-title=The Gates of Hell |isbn=978-607-7805-18-2|edition=1st|pages=322–325 |author-link=Museo Soumaya |publisher=Fundacion Carlos Slim |year=2015}}</ref>
<ref name="MR">{{cite web|url=http://www.musee-rodin.fr/fr/collections/sculptures/lavarice-et-la-luxure|title=L'avarice et la Luxure|access-date=June 29, 2016|website=Musée Rodin, official website|author=Musée Rodin|author-link=Musée Rodin}}</ref>
<ref name="MR">{{cite web|url=http://www.musee-rodin.fr/fr/collections/sculptures/lavarice-et-la-luxure|title=L'avarice et la Luxure|access-date=June 29, 2016|website=Musée Rodin, official website|author=Musée Rodin|author-link=Musée Rodin|archive-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814173658/http://www.musee-rodin.fr/fr/collections/sculptures/lavarice-et-la-luxure|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Elsen">{{cite book|title=Rodin's Art: the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Collection at Stanford University|url=https://archive.org/details/rodinsartrodinco00else|url-access=registration|first1=Albert Edward|last1=Elsen|first2=Rosalyn Frankel|last2=Jamison|editor=Bernard Barryte|isbn=0195133811|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Nueva York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rodinsartrodinco00else/page/253 253–256]}}</ref>
<ref name="Elsen">{{cite book|title=Rodin's Art: the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Collection at Stanford University|url=https://archive.org/details/rodinsartrodinco00else|url-access=registration|first1=Albert Edward|last1=Elsen|first2=Rosalyn Frankel|last2=Jamison|editor=Bernard Barryte|isbn=0195133811|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Nueva York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rodinsartrodinco00else/page/253 253–256]}}</ref>
<ref name="VH">{{cite web |url=https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Apr%C3%A8s_une_lecture_de_Dante |title=Après une lecture de Dante |trans-title=After a lecture of Dante |last1=Hugo |first1=Victor |date=1909 |website=Wikisource |access-date=October 18, 2016 |language=fr }}</ref>
<ref name="VH">{{cite web |url=https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Apr%C3%A8s_une_lecture_de_Dante |title=Après une lecture de Dante |trans-title=After a lecture of Dante |last1=Hugo |first1=Victor |date=1909 |website=Wikisource |access-date=October 18, 2016 |language=fr }}</ref>
<ref name="PB">{{cite journal |last=Johnson |first=James |date=Spring 2007 |title=After reading Dante |url=https://www.bu.edu/pusteblume/issues/PBJ-1-for-web.pdf |journal=Pusteblume |publisher=Boston University / Pen & Anvil Press |volume=1 |pages=11 |access-date=October 18, 2016 |issn=1559-7164}}</ref>
<ref name="PB">{{cite journal |last=Johnson |first=James |date=Spring 2007 |title=After reading Dante |url=https://www.bu.edu/pusteblume/issues/PBJ-1-for-web.pdf |journal=Pusteblume |publisher=Boston University / Pen & Anvil Press |volume=1 |pages=11 |access-date=October 18, 2016 |issn=1559-7164}}</ref>
}}
}}

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Latest revision as of 00:48, 28 January 2024

Avarice and Lust
French: La luxure et l'avarice
ArtistAuguste Rodin
Year1885 (1885)
Typesculpture
MediumBronze
LocationMuseo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Avarice and Lust is a sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, conceived between 1885 and 1887, representing two of the seven capital sins and is part of his sculptural group The Gates of Hell,[1] where it can be found in the lower part of the right door.[2] It's possible that the name was inspired by Victor Hugo's poem Après une lecture du Dante:[1]

Description

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The piece is made of several parts: the torso of a falling man, whose extremely long arms encircle a woman who is partially covering her face, while he is reaching for some coins. He represents greed. His body is made up with the torso from The Falling Man, with the arms in a different position, a new head and hair.[2] Lust is represented with the female figure offering her body, based on an 1888 drawing by Rodin, titled Skeleton embracing a woman.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Museo Soumaya (2015). La puerta del Infierno [The Gates of Hell] (1st ed.). Fundacion Carlos Slim. pp. 322–325. ISBN 978-607-7805-18-2.
  2. ^ a b Elsen, Albert Edward; Jamison, Rosalyn Frankel (2003). Bernard Barryte (ed.). Rodin's Art: the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Collection at Stanford University. Nueva York: Oxford University Press. pp. 253–256. ISBN 0195133811.
  3. ^ Hugo, Victor (1909). "Après une lecture de Dante" [After a lecture of Dante]. Wikisource (in French). Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  4. ^ Johnson, James (Spring 2007). "After reading Dante" (PDF). Pusteblume. 1. Boston University / Pen & Anvil Press: 11. ISSN 1559-7164. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Musée Rodin. "L'avarice et la Luxure". Musée Rodin, official website. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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