The document compares two influential sculptors, Alberto Giacometti and Auguste Rodin. It contrasts their artistic styles, with Giacometti focusing on gestural distortion and exaggeration to depict obsession, while Rodin emphasized naturalism and the expression of emotion through every muscle in his Thinker sculpture. The document also references their differing influences, with Giacometti taking inspiration from industrial fragmentation and constructivism, while Rodin drew from classical naturalism.

1. Alberto Giacometti Auguste Rodin
Obsession
Expression
“… he would
make your
head look like
the blade of a
knife”
“What makes
my Thinker
think is that
he thinks not
Gestural only with his
brain, with Naturalism
Exaggeration
Distortion his knitted
brow, his
distended
nostrils and
compressed
lips, but with
every muscle
of his arms,
back, and
Eduardo Paolozzi legs, with his
clenched fist
and gripping
Industrial toes.”
Fragmentation Modular
“…solemn
Mechanical machine-like
forms”
Simplification
Emotion
Constructivism