La Nature Se Dévoliant Devant La Science

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Susse Frères obtained the rights to produce editions of the works of some of the most important French sculptors of the nineteenth century including: James Pradier, Pierre-Jules Mêne , Auguste Cain , Pierre-Nicolas Turgenev , Yevgeny Alexandrovich <strong>La</strong>nceray, Louis- Ernest Barrias , Jules Dalou , Alexandre Falguière and Mathurin Moreau. The list of Editions by Barrias in the Susse Frères 1905 Sales Catalogue
Renowned for the quality of its casting and rich multipatinated finishes, the firm exhibited with notable success at many of the great exhibitions of the nineteenth century, receiving a prize medal at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London and a Grand Prix at the 1905 Lieges Exposition Universelle amongst other awards. Iconography and Allegory In this sculptural tour de force, Barrias draws upon allegorical and didactic themes from Renaissance and Baroque sculpture to create a figure that is visually striking - intimate and coquettish, yet provocative and revelatory. From ancient times allegory has been used to portray complex intellectual ideas and none has been more important in the history of art, than the concept of nature’s mystery. The iconography of Barrias’s figure plays into the historical trope of the Veil of Isis: the allegorical figure of the mythical veiled Egyptian goddess, who from ancient times represented the hidden mysteries of nature. The Susse stand at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 Barrias’s Medals from The Great Exhibition, London 1851
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