torso
A torso ( plural torsos or torsos ; Italian of Latin tursus of Greek thyrsos ; meaning each: Strunk , stump ) is called, among other things a human body in the arms , legs and the head are not present. In anatomy, this part is called the torso .
art
In sculpture , a torso is the conscious, mostly three-dimensional representation of a human body without limbs or a version of a statue of a "whole" person that has been mutilated over time by wars , ideological motifs, etc.
The torsos were particularly important during the Renaissance . At that time, many ancient works of art were rediscovered, which artists use as inspiration . If the art world simply speaks of the torso and refers to a specific work, it usually refers to the torso of the Belvedere .
The French sculptor Auguste Rodin , who chose the non finito as a stylistic device, finally elevated the torso to a genre of its own in plastic art. Among others, Alfred Hrdlicka and Marino Marini created torsos as final works of art.
In addition to fragmented, i.e. subsequently damaged works of art, works that have remained unfinished and fragments of other art forms (literature, music) as well as unfinished or partially destroyed buildings are also referred to as torsos .
Well-known torsos in art:
- Torso of the Belvedere , (also Torso of Herakles ) by Apollonios of Athens , 1st century BC BC,ancient statue admiredby Michelangelo and Winckelmann , Vatican Museums
- Torso of a Young Woman by Auguste Rodin , 1909
- Warrior with Shield by Henry Moore , 1953–1954, Städt. Kunsthalle Mannheim
- Catcher by Gustav Seitz
- Hagen torso by Wilhelm Lehmbruck , 1911, Folkwang Museum Essen
- Large torso by Georg Kolbe , 1929
Other meanings
The term torso is also used figuratively in other areas. In sport or politics , for example, torso is used in the sense of an incomplete team or government .
literature
- JA Schmoll called Eisenwerth: The torso as symbol and form , Baden-Baden 1954.