Comparative Analysis of “The First Cold” and the Eiffel Tower
HR: The First Cold
Name: The First Cold
Author: Blay
Customers: For an exposition in Madrid
Date: 1891-92
Rel. a Conj: Made two works, the naked, and another bronze dresses
Opens type: Sculpture exempt
Style: Realism and Symbolism
Ubi source: National Exhibition in Madrid (1892)
Ubi act: MNAC
D: Description
Mat & Blogs: White marble block
Dimensions: 2.93 m x 1.95 m (wide)
Tones: Mono
Short descr: An old man and a young girl are sitting on a bench in obvious pain
Technique: Size
Position: Seated
Fig-fig No.: Figurative
AF: Formal Analysis
Volume: Closed (no space between the legs and arms), but could be a bit open to the girl
Anatomy: The man shows an old anatomy, little marked and diffused, while the body of the young man for his age. The muscles in the legs of old, to the broad chest and shoulders wings reveal a previous force
Mov: Balanced
EDC: Asim, Order, Verti Whether (figures) and Horizon (bank)
Expression: The man shows dejected, hopeless and his face raised and heads towards the observer worth his protector, while the girl shows hopeful
Gathering point: On a pedestal
Proportions: Provided by your age (men’s feet too large)
Time: Medium-Long
Light: Internal (placement of characters, folds muscles in his beard, hair …). It helps to diffuse and more realism to the sensation of cold experienced by the characters
Costumes: There are costumes to show the anatomy and the universal value
Viewer: View front and three-quarters
IMCI: Meaning, Context, and Influence
Rel author with other works: The Palace of Catalan Music (group allegorical)
Rel period style with other works: The Burial of Ornans (style), The espigolaires (style)
Depth Style: Everyday Issues. The reality is the heart of the concerns. Interest for realism. Not ideal beauty. The art must convey symbols
Innovation: In the time was seen as a sculpture that broke with the academic. Attempts to bring the modern art of Catalonia
Influencing: Influenced by the French sculpture, there is the influence of his teacher Henri Chapuis. Also, you can easily track the themes and compositional similarities with the Oedipus at Colonna. Inflència Rodin in the drawing of the head of the old, the anatomical detail, the delicacy of the girl and anecdotisme Bank
IIC: Iconographic and Iconological Interpretation
Item: Human figure
Sign inconograf: Oedipus killed their parents who were no sabe his parents, and therefore, was booted his eyes. Here shown with Oedipus old daughter as an image Colonna protection
Sign iconology: Do not want to portray two characters in particular (and Colonna Oedipus), but wants to portray concepts unviersals (youth, beauty …)
FIF: Function and Meaning in its Historical Context
Purpose: propaganda (the Catalan government wants to impose on authors of works that made this style)
Rel work with time: Trying to find a Catalan style, at a time when national sentiment was strong, to give continuity to the Renaissance. Obey the modernist desire to bring modernity to Catalonia
Submitted: progress towards Modernism
FC: Eiffel Tower
Name: Eiffel Tower
Author: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Clients: –
Date: 1887-1889
Rel. set a: Part of the buildings were made in the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889
Type: Tower
Style: Architecture of iron
Location: Paris
Area: Urban
D: Description
Syst. Living: With industrial materials
Devices: –
B. Desc: Keep metallic characteristic with a larger dimension. peculiar that it is impossible to distinguish between domestic and foreign
M. constructed: Wrought iron
M. decorating: Wrought iron
AF: Formal Analysis
The. continuous support: Structure reaching 10,100 tonnes, comprising some 18,000 pieces of iron and 2.5 million rivets that need to remain firm
El. record of support: rose about four large pillars and four huge arches that support it. The structure of the beams was due to the need to provide stability to the tower in front of storms
Other: –
The. Supported: –
The. decorating: The iron itself serves as a decorative element
Space interior.Planta: –
and the Parties. Plant: four pillars
Sim / Asim; Uni / Frag; Rhythm: Sim, Uni
Eng. Inside. Facade: The 4 pillars, which would be located at the vertices of a rectangle, as the rise curve inward finally becoming a
Sim-ASIM; Rhythm; dominant lines: Sim, rhythm in the iron
or elevated section: –
AIEA: Author, Influences, and Innovations
Rel. other works author famous for its bridges and to be responsible for the metallic structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York and the infirm Panama Canal
Rel. with other works of the era: Crystal Palace
Depth. style: do not imitate forms as historicism. Create new forms and areas with material
Innovations: Using new materials (iron)
Influences: –
IIC: Iconographic and Iconological Interpretation
Character building: Public
Significance: Considered the finest example of architectural metal and was designed to convert into the symbol of the Paris Universal Exhibition. The construction of a public nature, intended to let everyone view the item and its structure to become the standard of modernity and progress that involves the technical strength values rooted in the French bourgeoisie of the time
Symbols: –
FIF: Function and Meaning in its Historical Context
Purpose and function: Cosmetic (was considered for the Universal Exposition in Paris, 1889)
Rel. work time: The most important fact is the Industrial Rev. Using new materials such as iron
Contributions: –