Michelangelo, Rodin highlight Art Museum exhibit

by Danielle Murray staff writer

The Rodin and Michelangelo exhibit named "A Study in Artistic Inspiration" is now on display at the Philadelphia Art Museum.

On view till June 22, it is the first exhibition ever to explore the impact of the two great Italian Renaissance artists in depth.

The exhibit consists of over 50 drawings and sculptures illustrating the impression the great Italian Renaissance artist had on one of the most important and influential sculptors of the modern age.

The Rodin and Michelangelo exhibit expresses the influence between two titans of European art. They lived three centuries apart, yet they seemed to speak so directly and with such artistic demand, to one another. The exhibition presents over 50 drawings and sculptures illustrating the artistic dialogue.

Auguste Rodin's art work reflects the influence of Michelangelo's imaginative mind. Rodin's inspiration was brought about through Michelangelo's artwork.

The Philadelphia Art Museum contains the largest public collection of Rodin's work outside Paris. A 236-page catalogue including 143 illustrations (56 of which are in color) accompanies the exhibition. The catalogue examines the career of Auguste Rodin and his acknowledged debt to Michelangelo. The catalogue includes text by Christopher

Riopelle, a co-curator of the Philadelphia Art Museum; Dr. Mimita Lamberti, a professor of contemporary art at the Universita Statale in Milan; Flavio Fergonzi, professor of art history at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and Pina Ragionieri, director of the Casa Buonarroti. The catalogue may be purchased in the Museum stores and other retail outlets without seeing the exhibit.

The Museum Store on the ground floor features an inventive range of merchandise inspired by the Rodin and Michelangelo exhibit.

Advance tickets for the timed entry to Rodin and Michelangelo may be purchased at the Museum or by calling (215) 235-SHOW. The exhibition will be free after the standard Museum admission of $7.00 for adults and $4.00 for children ages five to 17, students with valid I.D. and senior citizens ages 62 and over. These prices are the same for this exhibit on Sundays when general museum admission is free.

An informative and fully illustrated Rodin and Michelangelo and The Hands of Rodin website may be explored while visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Internet at the site http://pma.libertynet.org.

"The Rudolf Staffel: Searching for Light" is another exhibit of ceramics that will be on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from May 3 through Aug. 3, 1997.

Rudolf Staffel is known internationally for his revolutionary work in porcelain.

This exhibit will consist of an overview of the master ceramist's works from 1936-1996.There will be approximately 80 works, including 40 of the signature pieces that Staffel calls "Light Gatherers." His work has been featured in numerous exhibition throughout the United States and abroad.

In 1995, Staffel was chosen to receive the first Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Award for Distinguished Achievement in American Craft Art. Other scheduled exhibits on display and corning in the near future are Solid Bone and Luminous Flesh "Ch'ing dynasty

Ceramics" until May 31, Japanese Landscapes until July 31, photographs by Harold Edgerton, "Recent Acquisitions" until May 25 and 'The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy" until June 15.

by Gavin Mirigliani perspectives editor

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