ASKLEPIOS (1988) Sculpture by Igor Mitoraj

The sculpture is in perfect condition.

The work was made in the techniques of: bronze, stone. It is a material used to create sculptures in the casting technique, well known in antiquity in the period known as the "Bronze Age". It is an alloy of copper and tin or other metals, named after the ancient city of Brundisium in today's Italy. Bronze was used for casting agricultural and craft tools and discs, on which the first money was minted. As an artistic technique, it appeared already in the archaic period in ancient Greece, Egypt, Persia and the whole of Asia Minor. For casting bronze sculptures on the so-called Lost wax clay and plaster molds were used, the shape of which was obtained by sticking them around the wax prototype of the sculpture. The wax was removed by temperature, and a brown mass was poured into the mold, which, after concentration, was peeled from the outer clay shell, thus creating a sculpture. Since ancient times, this technique has been perfected and maintains its popularity until today. The most famous bronze sculptures are "The coachman of Delph", "David" by Donatello, "Perseus with the head of Medusa" by Cellini, "The Thinker" by Rodin and the Monument to Fryderyk Chopin in Warsaw by Wacław Szymanowski.

The subject of work is a human being. There is a universal topic for the history of art: in prehistory, human figures played a mystical role, in the Renaissance they were an aesthetic model of beauty, and in contemporary art this theme focuses primarily on consciousness, perception and the human interior, not necessarily presenting it in its entirety, but depicting it what is part of his mind.

The atmosphere of work is characterized by calmness, which is most often associated with nature motifs or abstraction in a subtle range of colors.

Related themes

MitorajIgor MitorajSculptureAsklepiosPerseusz