Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Hanako, Rodin, and the Close-up
View through CrossRef
Abstract
Between 1906 and 1911, Auguste Rodin sculpted more than fifty heads, masks, and busts of the Japanese actress Hanako. It was the largest number of portraits that he did with a single model. This essay explores the question why Rodin was so attracted to Hanako and, in particular, to her face. At the time Rodin was creating sculptures of Hanako’s head, the technique of the close-up was being adopted dramatically in filmmaking. Critics were shocked by the excessiveness of the close-up and tried to understand it in terms of ‘new realism’: the close-up modifies reality without eliminating the realness. This essay connects the theory of the close-up to the discourse of Japonisme.
Title: Hanako, Rodin, and the Close-up
Description:
Abstract
Between 1906 and 1911, Auguste Rodin sculpted more than fifty heads, masks, and busts of the Japanese actress Hanako.
It was the largest number of portraits that he did with a single model.
This essay explores the question why Rodin was so attracted to Hanako and, in particular, to her face.
At the time Rodin was creating sculptures of Hanako’s head, the technique of the close-up was being adopted dramatically in filmmaking.
Critics were shocked by the excessiveness of the close-up and tried to understand it in terms of ‘new realism’: the close-up modifies reality without eliminating the realness.
This essay connects the theory of the close-up to the discourse of Japonisme.
Related Results
A Kabuki Pose in Sculptures of Auguste Rodin
A Kabuki Pose in Sculptures of Auguste Rodin
Hanako (Ōta Hisa, 1868–1945) was an insignificant member of a small Japanese theatrical troupe when she was discovered by the well-known dancer, Loïe Fuller, who after seeing Hanak...
„A kicsiny asszony zsenijétől megkapva…”
„A kicsiny asszony zsenijétől megkapva…”
Hanako 花子 (1868–1945) az 1900-as évek elejének egyik legismertebb japán színésznője volt Európában. 1904-től fellépéseit a kor neves táncosnője és impresszáriója, Loïe Fuller szerv...
PENGARUH PELAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN DI UD. HANAKO TELUKDALAM
PENGARUH PELAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN DI UD. HANAKO TELUKDALAM
Permasalahan penelitian ini adalah keandalan penjual dalam memberikan pelayanan kepada pembeli kurang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelayanan terhadap kep...
Les portraits de Hanako par Rodin, sous toutes les coutures
Les portraits de Hanako par Rodin, sous toutes les coutures
Entre 1907 et 1912, le sculpteur Auguste Rodin réalise de nombreux portraits de la comédienne japonaise Hanako, qui l’avait fasciné par son jeu de scène tragique. Le musée Rodin co...
Sadayakko és Hanako Budapesten
Sadayakko és Hanako Budapesten
In the beginning of the 20th century, two celebrated Japanese actresses, Kawakami Sadayakko (1871–1946) and Hanako (1868–1945), visited Budapest. Sadayakko, accompanied by the Kawa...
New Aspects of “The Case of Richard Sorge”. View From Modern Russia (2017–2022)
New Aspects of “The Case of Richard Sorge”. View From Modern Russia (2017–2022)
Due to the expiration of a number of previously classified materials related to the activities of the Soviet special services during the Second World War, and also due to the espec...
Transpacific Acts of Memory: The Afterlives of Hanako
Transpacific Acts of Memory: The Afterlives of Hanako
Abstract: In producing Chungmi Kim's eponymous Hanako (1999), the first Asian American play on the topic of “comfort women,” East West Players (EWP) provided a critical space for a...
Transpacific Acts of Memory: The Afterlives of
Hanako
Transpacific Acts of Memory: The Afterlives of
Hanako
In producing Chungmi Kim's eponymous
Hanako
(1999), the first Asian American play on the topic of “comfort women,” East West Players (EWP) p...