Cabeza monumental de Pierre de Wissant (obra de arte)

Key Ideas

• Auguste Rodin fue un escultor innovador influenciado por las tradiciones clásicas grecorromanas de la escultura, así como por la psicología.
• This “portrait head” sculpture was cast in bronze. The high copper content of bronze makes it turn green when it is left outdoors. 
• Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant is almost three times the size of a human head. It depicts one of the six figures featured in The Burghers of Calais, Rodin’s large public monument. 
• Pierre de Wissant was one of six men who volunteered as a prisoner to save the French city of Calais from English occupation in 1347. The pained facial expression of this sculpture shows his feelings of extreme distress. 

Más información

This larger-than-life portrait head (nearly three times the size of a human head) depicts one of the figures featured in Rodin’s public monument, The Burghers of Calais. The subject of this sculpture is a man named Pierre de Wissant. He was one of six French men who volunteered to be taken prisoner by the English, in exchange for freeing the city of Calais during the Hundred Years War (1337 to 1453). The unusual base of the sculpture emphasizes the tilt of the man’s head. It also draws attention to his pained facial expression, which shows his distressed mental and emotional state as he waits to be executed.

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