Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-09-01 / 9. szám
8 FRATERNITY “Nympli and Faun” is again proof of Finta’s exquisite sculptural technique. Borrowing his theme from ancient art, he used modern concepts for its interpretation. With his unusual ornamental solution of the heart symbol and his finely-conceived combination of shade and light effect, Finta was able to express what his classical predecessors showed only with groups of figures or nudes. Finta’s cherry-wood statue, “The Mother”, portrays a young woman in a long dress, her head covered with a kerchief, sitting and reading the Bible which she holds in her hand. Her fine and high forehead is bent slightly forward. Her breasts, the symbol of motherhood, protrude through the dress, showing the natural shape of the nipples. If the rest of the statue is covered, the breasts alone create the illusion of nudity, and although the texture of the dress is normal elsewhere, there it appears as thin as a veil, for Finta wished to express the mystery of motherhood by placing emphasis on the breasts. The hands holding the Bible are reproductions of Finta’s own. Finta’s technique, his artistic composition and the perfect harmony between light and shadow are evident in the contrast between the delicate fingers, exceptionally deep fingernails, the fineness of the breasts and the delicacy of the features, on the one hand, and the firm lines of the dress folds, the rough surface of the statue, growing progressively coarser from top to bottom, on the other. At the request of the Civil War Association of Los Angeles, Finta prepared the model of a statue entitled, “The Spirit of Columbia”. It is a composition comprised of two figures: on the base of the proposed statue stands a soldier, his gun at his feet; above him hovers an angel with outstretched wings, wearing a Phrygian cap, the emblem of liberty. Finta achieved the hovering effect with the aid of a block behind the soldier against which the angel, in a leaning position,
