#danaïde

[arinewman7]

Danaïde

Sculpture by Constantin Brancusi

bronze with gold leaf and dark brown patina

[philoursmars]

Retour à mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 52795 photos

2008. Retour à Marseille

- les escaliers de la Gare Sant-Charles

- Rue de la République (Amphitrite ?)

- Square Stalingrad, les Danaïdes, face à l’église des Réformés

- les 2 suivantes : la Géode de Géolide (sous laquelle il y a la station d’épuration souterraine) avec le métro passant derrière.

- coucher de soleil au dessus du Mont Rose

- Notre-Dame de la Garde, le Roucas Blanc et les Plages du David vus des hauteurs de Montredon.

[themuseumwithoutwalls]

MWW Artwork of the Day (4/6/22) Constantin Brâncusi (Romanian, 1876-1957) Danaïde (c. 1918) Bronze sculpture on limestone base, 27.9 x 17.1 x 21 cm. The Tate Gallery, London

This is a stylised portrait of Margit Pogany, a Hungarian art student Brancusi met in Paris in 1910. He made a marble head of her from memory, then invited her to his studio. He was delighted when she recognised it. This is one of several bronzes based on the marble. Photographs show that Miss Pogany had a round face with large eyes and strong eyebrows, and wore her hair in a smooth chignon. Brâncusi has refined her features down to the very purest form. The abstract curves of this piece, and of the other 'Danaïdes', can be seen as anticipating by some years, aspects of the classicising Art Deco style of the 1920s.

For more Brâncusi sculpture, see this MWW Special Collection: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=TheMuseumWithoutWalls&set=a.371960352909340

[architecturefiles]

La Danaïde | Sculptor: François Auguste René Rodin

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[lymphomalass]

Last night I saw the most amazing video created to market a piece of art. It’s possibly the coolest piece of marketing (of anything) I’ve ever seen! So, I’m eager to share it with you.

Click on this link to access the page with the video:

Nicole Kidman visits Brancusi’s Danaïde at Christie's

Nicole Kidman is captivated by Constantin Brancusi’s golden "Danaïde" sculpture at Christie’s New York galleries at Rockefeller Center

And click here to read an interesting analysis of it:

How Nicole Kidman Ended Up With a Brancusi in a Christie's Ad

Nicole Kidman stars in a Christie’s campaign promoting "Danaïde" by Constantin Brancusi from the collection of S.I. Newhouse.

I may not have a spare $100m to buy the art, but I’ve enjoyed watching the marketing campaign!

I hope you do too!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

[waternymphlovesdante]

LA DANAÏDE, 1885, A. RODIN. A Danaïde in Greek mythology was a waternymph

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