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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Mabe, Manabu Creator Dates/Places: Brazilian, born 1924 Creator Name-CRT: Manabu Mabe Title: Sakuhin View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1959 Creation End Date: 1959 Creation Date: 1959 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: Oil on composition board Dimensions: Overall: 48 x 55 in. (121.92 x 139.7 cm.) AMICA Contributor: Dallas Museum of Art Owner Location: Dallas, Texas, USA ID Number: 1959.49 Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Association Purchase Rights: http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org Context: Aristide Maillol began his career as a painter and tapestry designer working in the decorative style of the Nabis, a group of artists inspired by the simplicity of line, flat patterning, and expressive color theory of Paul Gauguin's work in Brittany. By the latter half of the 1890s, however, the intricacy of Maillol's tapestry work was threatening his eyesight, and he turned entirely to sculpture.At the turn of the century, Auguste Rodin's highly naturalistic and emotionally charged work was the dominant force in the revival of sculpture. While undoubtedly inspired to observe nature by Rodin's example, Maillol was primarily concerned with a classical purity of line and form. This emphasis is readily apparent in "Flora," where the figure's graceful pose, emotional tranquility, and clinging, translucent drapery recall ancient statuary. Typical of Maillol's idealized female figures, "Flora" fuses the serenity and monumental presence of the classical tradition with the immediacy and vitality of a naturalistic depiction. "Flora," however, is no mere pastiche of styles and vocabulary. The symbolic significance of "Flora" - an embodiment of the bounty of nature - finds direct expression in the figure's full, rounded torso and sturdy limbs. By balancing real, human characteristics with eternal, idealized forms, Maillol dynamically reinvented the classical tradition with a modern sensibility."Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection," page 118 AMICA ID: DMA_.1959.49 AMICA Library Year: 2003 Media Metadata Rights: AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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