Baccante con piccolo fauno

Frederick William MacMonnies American
 Cast by Thiébaut frères French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 700

Quest’opera è una sintesi perfetta dello stile Beaux-Arts francese che, con la sua teatralità, dominava la scultura americana sul finire dell’Ottocento. Una baccante, ovvero una donna senza freni dedita al culto di Bacco, dio del vino, regge un grappolo d’uva sopra la testa tenendo in equilibrio un putto sul braccio sinistro. Le superfici ricche di energia che si avvitano a spirale, variamente lavorate, creano un effetto esuberante. MacMonnies donò la statua all’architetto Charles McKim, che la collocò nel cortile della Biblioteca pubblica di Boston, progettata dal suo studio. In seguito ad alcune proteste per l’atteggiamento di “ubriachezza indecente” della figura, McKim offrì la scultura al Metropolitan Museum.

Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American

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Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American
Bacchante and Infant Faun, Frederick William MacMonnies (American, New York 1863–1937 New York), Bronze, American

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