Mask of the Mourner and Centaurs (The Gates of Hell)
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Mask of the Mourner and Centaurs (The Gates of Hell)
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Published 2018-10-30T11:35:04+00:00
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This is a plaster bas-relief depicting a fragment of the Gates of Hell, monumental sculptural group work that depicts a scene from the Inferno, the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It stands at 6 metres high, 4 metres wide and 1 metre deep and contains 180 figures.
This particular fragment pictures the mask of the Mourner and Centaurs. The weeping woman has the unsettling effect of many late 19th-century symbolist works. She is flanked by centaurs, a recurring feature in Rodin's menagerie of mythical creatures drawn from antiquity. Representing the dark side of human nature, they amplify the otherworldliness of the mask-like face.
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| Date published | 30/10/2018 |
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| Title | Mask of the Mourner and Centaurs (The Gates of Hell) |
| Date | before 1885 |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Credit | Rodin donation, 1916 |
| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Place | British Museum |
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