Figurative Sculpture

Context

• Commissioned by Calais government for Seige of Calais 1347 - Edward III forced 6 burghers to come surrender keys in rope and sack, lives spared by Queen Phillippa (for baby)
• Government disappointed by lack of elegence, 1913 England also got a copy

Modern Approach

• Inner psyche- against realism, unidealised - rough surface reflects inner turmil
• Bronze (good for detail), emphasises individuality and expressions of every man
• Don't look at each other - self-absorded inner struggle
• On ground level, unheroic, we seen them on our level

Influences

• Donatello's 'The Prophet Habbakuk' modelled on mad preachers, same psychological realism
• Michelangelo's 'Dying Slave'