Compare and contrast Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss with Constantin Brancusi’s The Kiss. In what way does form affect the content?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Rodin captures the sensual pleasure of a lover’s embrace through representational naturalism.
2. Rodin uses life-size human figures that represent the Western ideals of masculine and feminine bodies and uses the smooth texture of marble to reproduce the natural softness of flesh.
3. Brancusi abstracts the form of two lovers through minimal cuts to a single block of stone.
4. The abstract form of the figures and the solid quality of the stone block conveys the idea of lasting love and unity.
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a. true b. false