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Post by kevinharrell on Jun 12, 2018 5:38:29 GMT -5
Which statue is more macho? The Thinker  Michelangelo's David  |
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Post by flyangler on Jun 12, 2018 8:37:44 GMT -5
I vote Rodin's thinker in bronze, more powerful.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jun 12, 2018 11:34:36 GMT -5
Agreed. The Thinker. Spartans fought at Thermopyle with bronze armor and weapons. Marble is for fountains and counter tops.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 12, 2018 23:11:33 GMT -5
I'll go with the thinker too...That cerebral fellow looks like he might be thinking it's time to visit the bathroom... And all macho folks do some of their best thinking sitting on the "throne"... Don't they? You know: like, "I think this seat is COLD!" or "I think I shoulda passed on that 8th burrito" or "I think that Chinese mustard is best left in China"... or "I didn't think just a quart of Jack Daniel's and a couple cases of Bud would affect me like this..." 
But, is he macho enough to brave the restroom/junk-storage pit of the local back-alley bike-shop?
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 12, 2018 23:37:11 GMT -5
So y'alles are comparing the materials? Let the artist educate you.
Bronze is first sculpted in clay, then cast for a mold, then cast with bronze by a foundry hired to do the work, not by the artist himself.
Marble is a big HEAVY VERY SOLID slab that is chiseled away. Hard enough with today's power tools. Can't imagine hand-chiseling back in the day.
Sorry, but marble is WAY machoier than bronze!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 13, 2018 1:54:04 GMT -5
So y'alles are comparing the materials? Let the artist educate you. Bronze is first sculpted in clay, then cast for a mold, then cast with bronze by a foundry hired to do the work, not by the artist himself. Marble is a big HEAVY VERY SOLID slab that is chiseled away. Hard enough with today's power tools. Can't imagine hand-chiseling back in the day. Sorry, but marble is WAY machoier than bronze!
You are absolutely right! I bow to your wisdom... But I can have SO much more enjoyment poking fun at the good old Thinker straining his brain!  |
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