During my second trip to the museum, I took note of the craftsmanship of the works displayed there. One piece that really stood out to me and showed a remarkable level of craftsmanship and skill was “Bacchanale Russe” by Malvina Hoffman. This sculpture was not only well carved and detailed, but I was impressed at its engineering as well. It depicts two young boys mid- motion, each with one leg raised as they seem to leap across the ground. The proportions of the statue are done perfectly so that the statue can balance and not tip over. This is additionally impressive because the statue does not have a large base to counterbalance the weight of the figures. This is an especially masterful work not just because of the realism and aesthetics of the carving itself, but the engineering it took to allow the statue to be freestanding. When the statue was made in 1917, there were no computers to help the artist engineer the statue, all the calculations had to have been done by hand, lending even more to the impressiveness of this piece. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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