Hand of the Maker

Detail image of Auguste Rodin's marble sculpture "The Hand of God"
Auguste Rodin, The Hand of God (detail), designed ca. 1898, carving completed ca. 1917. Museum Appropriation Fund. 
By Ilgın Korugan
College Student Voices

Ilgın Korugan worked with Tracy Mahaffey and other local artists to create an experimental audio project. This is designed to be the first in a three-part soundwalk to be experienced in the galleries.

 

Marble sculpture depicting the thumb of a carved hand holding rock from which two emerging figures flow into each other, rising from a base of unworked stone.

 



Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 

Detail image of Auguste Rodin's marble sculpture "The Hand of God"


Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 



Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 



Joseph Chinard, Bust of Madame Récamier, 1805–1812. Gift of Mrs. Harold Brown.

 



Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 



Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 



Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 



Spanish, Possibly from Aragonese Pyrenees, The Crucified Christ, ca. 1150–1200, Museum Special Reserve Fund.

 



French, Burgundy region, Saint Peter, ca. 1106–1112, Museum Appropriation Fund. Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 



Courtesy of Ilgın Korugan

 

Stone doorway with a rounded arch, framed by small columns topped with decorative carved designs.


French, Romanesque Portal, ca. 1150, Museum Appropriation Fund. 

 

Carved stone columns topped with leaf motifs and animal figures.

 

Ilgın Korugan was the 2018 Andrew W. Mellon Summer Intern in Digital Initiatives. They are a recent graduate of Brown University with a concentration in Development Studies.