Love is a very strong emotion and probably as difficult to define as art itself. There are different types of love - maternal, patriotic, fraternal, romantic love, etc.
Love in sculptures, statues and sculpture has a long history. Probably the greatest and important playwright and poet of all time is cited as follows on the subject of love, dedication and passion:
If I kissed you and drove you to hell, I would still do it. Then I can brag about the devils that I saw the sky without ever entering it. "
(William Shakespeare)
Art and love go perfectly together. In the course of art history, the concept of dear artists from all areas of life has captivated again and again. No topic is used more often as a source of inspiration for painting, music and performing art as the most intense form of affection - L'Amour Toujours ...
For this reason, art has always celebrated this association with all its forms of expression.
Love sculptures, partner statues and couple sculptures for home and garden
1. Love in the sculpture - important sculptures of art history
From photography to sculpture , painting to comic , love, kisses and the physical and metaphysical association of bodies were shown in countless different types and colors.
A comprehensive encyclopedia would not be enough to describe love in the course of art history.
Below you will find some of the most heartbreaking, most captivating, most important and most important examples from the sculpture .
Love in sculptures immediately lets us think of Antonio Canova and Auguste Rodin .
Antonio Canova: Psyche revives by Amor's Kuss (1787)
The Venetian artist Antonio Canova is the largest neoclassical sculptor in Europe because its talent to give shapes through carving shapes is unprecedented.
His masterpiece is a mythological love: Amor , the Roman god of love - known to the Greeks as Erospsyche with a kiss .
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Antonio Canova Photo by Kurab123, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The composition is elegant and clever, a conscious imitation of the classic Greek and Roman examples .
Psyche revives by Amor's kiss by Antonio Canova, 1787. Louvre Museum, Paris. Photo by Joe Desousa, CC by 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The marble bodies are soft, the mouths are closed, intense looks that consider themselves in a subtle and sophisticated sensuality.
Antonio Canova - Cupid's Kiss, in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg Photo by Yair Haklai, CC by 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The elegance of the shapes underlines the openness of the young people in love. This is Canova's representation of beauty : the union between natural beauty and ideal beauty.
Auguste Rodin: The kiss (1888)
"The kiss" by Rodin in the Musée Rodin in Paris is one of the most famous representations of love in the art world. The artist represented Paolo and Francesca, the lovers that Dante Alighieri described in Canto V of the Inferno.
Francesca da Rimini fell in love with his husband's younger brother, Paolo. According to Dante, her husband discovered and killed - Giovanni (Gianciotto) Malatesta - she when they exchanged their first kiss. A love that they could never complete.
We are faced with a different kind of love, the imperfect, imperfect, prevented.
La Bocca Mi Baciò Tutto Tremante. Galeotto fu il libro e chi lo -scrisse: quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante. " (Dante Alighieri)
When we read about this smile, the longed -for smile kissed so delighted by someone who is so in love, then from him, whoever will never separate my lips from me immediately . Both the book and the author were suppliers of love. In his leaves that day we no longer read.
English translation from the Harvard Classics: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry F. Cary, 1909–14
The sculpture represents two lovers who sit naked, Paolo and Francesca, although some experts claim that the carved figures are Rodin himself and his beloved Camille Claudel.
The topic is the illusion based on the meat and the absolute sensuality of passionate kisses and hugs. Rodin's use of marble is reminiscent of Michelangelo , while the "unfinished technology" and art are reminiscent of Donatello and Bernini .
The artist gives the marble such a vitality that the viewer notices the sequence of the movements of the two lovers.
This is the great paradox that proves Rodin's talent. The kiss was not regarded in France in the late 19th century due to the intensive, innovative and revolutionary erotic charging, which distinguished him, as suitable for presentation.
Rodin was able to represent the sensual love between the two lovers with their arms, which enclosed their bodies, their mouths merged into one, his hands held the body of his lover. Paolo and Francesca seem to be intended to remain united forever, born from the same marble block and almost unidentified, impersonal.
Auguste Rodin: Eternal Spring (1884)
Another sculptural masterpiece of Rodins on the subject of love is "eternal spring" .
In this sculpture, an overwhelming and outrageous passion carries the couple with them. The moment of pure bliss is shown in all components and gestures have an almost excessive effect.
Here Rodin offers us a representation of a driving and lively eros.
Rodin shows us without shame how naturally love is, and leaves us questioningly, whether transported pathos and vehemence in passionate gestures or rather rest and serenity in the peak of the eros outweigh.
Auguste Rodin: The Eternal Idol (1890-1893)
The fourth work in the group also comes from the talented hands of Rodin.
A naked woman on her knees with hips pushed forward. A naked man, also on his knees, but among her, presses his body to her while he kisses her in a wealth. This is the sculpture "The Eternal Idol" .
The Eternal Idol by Auguste Rodin, Rodin Museum, Paris Photo by Britchi Mirela, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The French sculptor of the 19th century, Auguste Rodin, was known for his extremely naturalistic and emotional approach to skilfully shaping the human body.
L'Eternelle idole (original title) by Auguste Rodin (close-up) Photo by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This plaster sculpture was produced in 1890 and cast in bronze in 1891. It was then commissioned in 1893 to be carved in marble. It is full of erotic ecstasy and worship.
Camille Claudel: The Waltz (1889-1905)
"The Waltz" is one of the most famous pieces by Camille Claudel. This work represents true love through its flowing movements.
La Valse (the waltz) by Camille Claudel
His sculptural work captures Camille Claudel's chaotic relationship with Rodin, in whom she was immortally in love. When the couple dances, her love seems to be so overwhelming that she loses balance.
2. Modern sculpture on love - pop art interpretation
Robert Indiana: Love (1964)
Love sculpture by Robert Indiana, on the corner 6th Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, NY. Photo by Hu Totya, via Wikimedia Commons
Love (above) is a famous sculptural work by the American pop art artist Robert Indiana . There are several versions in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and in the above in New York City, USA.
The original design was actually intended for a Christmas card (1964) for the Museum of Modern Art. The design was also reproduced countless times in popular culture.
Indiana's pop art print became a global phenomenon that represented an entire mindset in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s it was adapted to the shining example of the hippie movement "Free Love" and later in the 1990s by the skateboard culture after the sport in Love Park was banned in Philadelphia.
The design experienced a widespread reproduction, adaptation and even parody about a variety of media, including album and book cover, television, public wall paintings and more. Indiana has not protected the original love design, so that cheap commercial reproductions in the form of letter complaints, key fans, T-shirts and other jewelry that Indiana would never win.
In addition to the English original in Hebrew, Chinese, Italian and Spanish, versions of the love sculpture.
3. Buy love sculptures and still images on the subject of love, solidarity and friendship
Love statues and couple sculptures are available for purchase in various styles, sizes, materials and for every budget. In the following we have compiled a list of high -quality, handmade and often strictly limited sculptures, sculptures, murals and statues with high artistic standards.
The beauty of human form and the resistance of true love make these gallery pieces into timeless works in sculptural art. As a decorative eye -catcher in their own four walls, as an expressive statue for the garden, supplement to your demanding gallery or as a meaningful gift, each of the subsequent sculptural masterpieces is a unique work of art.
From classical statues to contemporary sculptures you will find it here.
Porcelain object "Love Birds" Lobient, colorful birds, which, in addition to his hometown of New York, belonged to James Rizzi's favorite motifs, are loving here as a table sculpture designed on both sides ...
Sculpture "devotion", version in bronze Jürgen Götzes interpretation of love. Götze faces figurative tradition, especially the representation of the human body. Be ...
Sculpture "affection", bronze intimately associated with these two stylized bronze figures. A strong sign of harmony. Red cast bronze, made in the sand casting process, hand -patinated and polished by hand ...
Sculpture "Mother's Love", bronze love and beauty are the big topics of the Spanish sculptor Manel Vidal (*1953). His passion for plastic works leaves works ...
Sculpture "from heart", bronze and stone if words are not sufficient, expressing affection, love and gratitude, Raimund Schmelter's sculpture "from the heart" can. Two hands ...
Sculpture "Time for two", art casting stone look tenderness and intimate connection, pointed and impressively captured. Made of artificial stone, bronze color and green -patinated with a signed base. Format ...
Sculpture "Kussgruppe I" (1921), bronze the mysticism of love: Ernst Barlach's "Kussgruppe I". Sculpture "Kussgruppe I": Original: plaster lacquered. Sculpture in fine bronze, cast ...
Sculpture "lovers", artificial casting wood finish Michael Pickl creates sculptures from all and contemporary men and women how they meet us on the street every day ...
Sculpture "Der Kuss" (27 cm), version in art marble one of the most beautiful works of modern sculpture: Eros and passion - "The kiss" by Auguste Rodin ...
Sculpture "be happy" together, bronze This elegant couple is an inseparable unit. The artistic, two -color execution of the figures can still be seen. Out of ...
Skulpture "new beginning", bronze with artificial stone "a heart, you can repair that." This is the happy conclusion of a song by Udo Lindenberg. Sculpture for heart affairs ...
Sculpture "couple", bronze that connects love, the artist Stefanie Quast expresses in her man-wife sculptures. Special detail: the "golden touch" on the brightly polished ...
Sculpture "Passion", art cast stone look The connection between men and women. Angeles Anglada's sculpture "Passion" is an unusual home accessory with a lot of potential for philosophical considerations ...
One of the most beautiful works of modern sculpture: Eros and passion - "The Kiss" by Auguste Rodin. With this grandiose sculpture, Rodin designs the moment ...
Sculpture "Hidden Heart", bronze Bucci's female figure shows, art -historically deeply rooted in Christian designs, a modern female figure whose visible heart from her coat -like body ...
Sculpture "Der Kuss" (2021), bronze Sime shows the couple's two unity in anatomical accuracy, without completely avoiding the abstract formal language of modernity ...
Sculpture "Mother's Love", bronze love and beauty are the big topics of the Spanish sculptor Manel Vidal (*1953). His passion for plastic works leaves works ...
This modern bronze moves between figurative representation and abstraction and is reminiscent of a couple in intimate affection. Its dynamic shape creates sensitivity ...
Sculpture "a couple", bronze sculpture in fine bronze, cast in wax outlawing, chased, polished and patinated by hand. Limited edition 33 copies, numbered, signed. Format ...
Sculpture "Moments", art cast stone look sensual allegory of partnership. The original sculptures by the Spanish sculptor Maria Angeles Anglada inspire with her fragmentary representation, the scope ...
Replica "Mithuna Liebespar", art cast an erotic relic from early Hindu times, found in Shriangam, South India. Original: State Museums in Berlin - Prussian cultural property, ivory. Polymer Ars ...
This putti figure, in a typically angelic depiction, presents itself cheerfully, holding a bouquet of flowers. Cupid balances happily on one leg and gazes with...
Sculpture "girl with red balloon", bronze bronze, cast in wax melting processes. Balloon with a layer of nickel. Limited edition 299 copies, numbered and signed. Including ...
Sculpture "devotion", art cast stone look The loving attachment of two people, sensitive and tender staged by the internationally recognized Spanish artist Angeles Anglada. Sculpture ...
Sculpture "Togetherness," cast stone look. A sensual allegory of partnership. The original sculptures by Spanish sculptor María Ángeles Anglada captivate with their fragmented representation, which allows for scope...
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