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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]]
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| Origin = [[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]
| Genre = <!-- These genres have been decided according to community consensus. Any changes made to these genres without discussion at the talk page will be reverted immediately. --> [[Christian hardcore#Christian metalcore|Christian metalcore]]<br>[[Post-hardcore]]
| Years_active = 1998-Present
| Label = [[Tooth & Nail Records|Tooth & Nail]], [[Solid State Records|Solid State]], [[Takehold Records|Takehold]],<br>(dist. by: [[EMI Christian Music Group]])
| Associated_acts = [[This Runs Through]]<br>[[The Almost]]<br>[[Maylene and the Sons of Disaster]]<br> [[At the Wake]] <br> [[Anam Cara]]
| URL = http://www.underoath777.com
| Current_members = [[Spencer Chamberlain]]<br>[[Aaron Gillespie]]<br>[[Timothy McTague]]<br>[[Grant Brandell]]<br>[[Christopher Dudley]]<br>[[James Smith (musician)|James Smith]]
| Past_members = [[Dallas Taylor (vocalist)|Dallas Taylor]]<br>Corey Steger<br>Luke Morton<br>Matthew Clark<br>Aleena<br>Octavio Fernandez<br>Billy Nottke<br>Matt Tarpey<br>Scott Nunn<br>Ray Anasco
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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
'''Underoath''' (sometimes stylized as "Underøath", or "UnderØATH") are currently signed to [[Tooth & Nail Records]]/[[Solid State Records]].


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
Though their musical style has changed substantially since its inception in [[1998]], the band's latest work has been primarily in the vein of <!--Do not change the following information!--> [[Metalcore]], [[Post-hardcore]], and considered to be [[Screamo]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:usuf6j2271e0 | title=Underoath at All Music Guide; screamo is listed as a "style," and both reviewed albums are described with the term}}</ref> or influenced<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/underoath.htm | title=''Safety'' review at musicOMH.com}}</ref> by some. Underoath is a [[Christian metal|Christian]] band,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hatesomethingbeautiful.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=416 | title=We’re a Christian band. | author=Spencer Chamberlain | work=Hate Something Beautiful}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.drivenfaroff.com/2006/05/07/underoath-interview-may-4th-2006 | title=We’re a Christian band. | author=Chris Dudley | work=Driven Far Off}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musicfaith.com/Interviews/7 | title=We're a Christian heavy rock band. | author=Grant Brandell | work=Music Faith}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.solidstaterecords.com/artist_bio.php?id=208&expand=1 | title=I feel like I want people to know we’re a Christian band. | author=Spencer Chamberlain | work=Solid State Records}}</ref> and are popular among both Christian and secular audiences.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/definethegreatline.html | title=(Underoath has sold) well over 350,000 copies of their 2004 breakthrough ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' … only 20,000 of those CDs were sold in the Christian marketplace. | author=Andree Farias | work=Christian Music Today}}</ref>


== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
Despite limited airplay on radio and television outlets such as [[MTV]] and [[VH1]], the band has achieved [[Gold Album]] status with their 2006 album ''[[Define the Great Line]]''.


* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
==History==
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
===Early Years===
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
In 1998 Underoath formed in the bedroom of then-vocalist [[Dallas Taylor (vocalist)|Dallas Taylor]] in [[Ocala, Florida]]. The band was signed to [[takehold Records]] in 1999 and the same year released their debut, ''[[Act of Depression]]''. This album was followed a year later by the five-song, forty-minute ''[[Cries of the Past]]''; both albums are currently out of print. The band's lineup during this time changed frequently and bears little resemblance to the current band. Likewise, the band's music was far heavier in those days, dabbling in [[Black Metal]], [[Grindcore]] and [[Melodic Death Metal]], along with periodic structure and time changes and electronic elements. These first albums brought Underoath a small but devoted fanbase. Many fans listening to Underoath also adhered to other bands including the [[Glass Novel]], [[Norma Jean]], [[Foremost]], [[mewithoutyou]], [[Means]], [[Silverstein]], and others.
* Girl with Shell
In [[2001]], Takehold Records was bought out by Tooth & Nail Records; Underoath was subsequently signed to [[Tooth & Nail Records]]' heavier subsidiary, [[Solid State Records]]. The band, which was now a sextet, worked with ''[[Cries of the Past]]'' producer James Paul Wisner ([[Further Seems Forever]], [[New Found Glory]]) on their Solid State debut, ''[[The Changing of Times]]'', which was released on [[February 26]], [[2002]]. Frequent lineup changes were the main cause of a slightly more accessible sound for the band; shorter songs and more melodic structures replaced the epic twists and turns of their earlier records. Though the change in style caused some long-time fans of the band to criticize the album, ''The Changing of Times'' went on to outsell both of their previous albums combined.
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
In 2003, Underoath supported ''The Changing of Times'' through their first stint on the [[Vans]] [[Warped Tour]] but their participation in the tour came to a screeching halt when lead singer Dallas Taylor, under controversial conditions, left the band. Taylor was released by the band due to struggles with a relationship at the time. Taylor is now the lead singer for [[Southern rock|Southern]] [[metalcore]] outfit [[Maylene and the Sons of Disaster]]. An interview on youtube with Dallas Taylor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3BrwoT9tq4&mode=related&search= along with its links tells everything about the bands beginnings with him until his final days in Underoath.


Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
Underoath dropped off the rest of the Warped Tour and the band's future was in considerable doubt. However, the band then went on a supporting tour with [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] that fall with [[Winter Solstice (band)|Winter Solstice]] vocalist Matt Tarpey as the temporary vocalist. Then later in the year, at the CMJ Fest in New York City, the band reappeared with new lead vocalist [[Spencer Chamberlain]], formerly of [[This Runs Through]].


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
===Recent Years===
====''They're Only Chasing Safety''====
During the early months of 2004, the band hit the studio again with Wisner to record their second record for Solid State and their first album with Spencer Chamberlain on vocals. ''[[They're Only Chasing Safety]]'' proved to be a breakout success for the band, going on to sell about 350,000 copies. Underoath moved even further away from their metal roots; drummer Gillespie made as much of an impact with his singing on the record as Chamberlain did with his screaming.


Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
"Reinventing Your Exit" and "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door" were the album's singles; both songs spawned music videos that received airplay on [[MTV2]] and [[Fuse TV|Fuse]].


==External links==
''They're Only Chasing Safety'' debuted at #1 on the [[Billboard]] Heatseekers Chart and later charted well into the [[Billboard 200]]. Following the release of the album, the band played a number of Warped Tour dates. In the Spring of 2005 the band was asked to participate on the inaugural Taste of Chaos tour. Shortly after the tour, the band embarked on its first headlining tour. The band premiered two brand-new songs during the length of the tour.


*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
The band landed on the cover of [[Alternative Press]] magazine for the first time in [[September]] of 2005, and in October of 2005, ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' was re-released in a two-disc set with four unreleased songs, new artwork by [[Converge]]'s [[Jacob Bannon]], and a DVD with over two hours worth of the band touring in support of the album.
*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]


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====''Define the Great Line''====
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Underoath entered the studio in January 2006 to record their fifth album. Matt Goldman, a founding member of [[Blue Man Group]], and [[Adam Dutkiewicz]], guitarist for [[Killswitch Engage]], and [[Jimmy Moldenhauer]], singer and guitarist for [[Foremost]] worked with the band in producing the album, which would come to be titled ''[[Define the Great Line]]''. The album combined the melodic tendencies of ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' with a return to the band's metalcore roots.
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An unfinished version of the album was leaked onto [[BitTorrent]] websites and [[P2P]] services months before the release date. Members of the band released a statement saying that the leaked version was an unmixed & unmastered, raw copy of the album which lacked certain elements and the finished product would sound much different.
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The band flew to Sweden in the spring of 2006 to make videos for the new songs "In Regards to Myself" and "Writing on the Walls"; the latter was chosen as the lead single for the album and was later nominated for the 2007 [[Grammy]] Award for [[Best Short Form Music Video]]. When ''Define the Great Line'' released on June 20, 2006, it sold 98,000 copies in its first week and debuted on the [[Billboard 200]] Chart at #2,<ref name="ap5">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=477820&model.vnuAlbumId=785760 Billboard Artist Chart] Billboard Chart History</ref> the highest debut for a Christian album since 1997.<ref name="ap6">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002763472 Furtado Scores First Chart-Topping Album] Billboard, June 26, 2006</ref> In its first four weeks on the chart, it stayed in the top 50. It debuted at #1 on the Christian, Christian/Gospel, and Rock charts.
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With the debut of ''Define the Great Line'', Underoath simultaneously released a special edition version of the album featuring special artwork and a DVD that includes another behind-the-scenes movie and a "making of" video.
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''Define the Great Line'' was certified [[Gold Album|Gold]] by the [[RIAA]] on [[November 11]], [[2006]], representing 500,000 shipped units of the album. It is the second album in Tooth & Nail history to reach that distinction (The first being [[Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo]] by [[MxPx]] in 2000.

Underoath toured extensively throughout Europe, Australia, and Asia in the fall of 2006 and is on tour with [[Taking Back Sunday]] and [[Armor for Sleep]] from February to April in 2007. The band also shot videos for the songs "You're Ever So Inviting" and "A Moment Suspended in Time" in February 2007; the former has been released and won [[MTV]]'s Battle of the Videos on May 23rd.<ref>{{cite web
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Drummer/vocalist Gillespie recorded solo material with Seattle producer [[Aaron Sprinkle]] under the name of [[The Almost]] shortly after ''Define the Great Line'' was recorded; The Almost subsequently was signed to Tooth & Nail and released its first record, ''[[Southern Weather]]'', on [[April 3]], [[2007]]. Gillespie plans to tour with The Almost whenever Underoath is not on tour.

Multiple rumors have flown around by word of mouth and through the internet of Underoath breaking up, members leaving, and rehab stories. Underoath released a statement confirming none of this was true and they followed through by doing their Canadian tour followed by the 'Taste of Chaos World Tour'. It has now been confirmed that Underoath will be playing again on Warped Tour 2007 from July 24th to August 7th. As well, Underoath have also announced a tour of Australia and East Asia. This is scheduled for August 2007. They will also be performing at [[Cornerstone Festival]] in June 2007, along with Norma Jean, [[Falling Up]], [[Pillar (band)|Pillar]] and many other Christian bands.

====777 DVD====
On the 12/6/07 Underoath announced a dvd on their myspace called '777' by Spencer Chamberlain setting it for a release 7/7/07

"Next month, we'll be releasing the first DVD from the UO camp. Jam-packed with 90+ minutes of footage taken from different tours around the US, as well as shows from Japan, Australia, Europe, Canada and the UK from the last two years. This DVD is a MUST-HAVE for any UO fan".

The DVD, called 777 features all the music videos from "Define the Great Line" , as well as an exciting behind-the-scenes "making of the video" documentary from the "You're Ever So Inviting" shoot, killer live performances (such as the MySpace Secret Show) and so much more.'

====Departure From Warped Tour and NOFX Controversy====
Underoath was scheduled to spend the summer of 2006 on the main stage of the Warped Tour, but on [[July 28]], [[2006]], it was announced that Underoath was dropping off the remaining dates of the tour. A statement from the band stated that the members "felt it necessary to take some immediate time to focus on our friendship, as that’s more important than risking it for the sake of touring at this time.".<ref name="ap1">[http://www.punknews.org/article/18890 Underoath drops off Warped Tour], PunkNews.org, July 29, 2006</ref>

Rumors to the contrary, however, flew that the band had actually left because [[NOFX]] frontman [[Fat Mike|Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett]] had made fun of Underoath and their religious beliefs on-stage. These rumors were debunked when Burkett told PunkNews.org in a statement of his own that Underoath's claim of needing a break was indeed true.<ref name="fat_mike">[http://www.punknews.org/article/18930 Fat Mike addresses Underoath rumors], PunkNews.org, July 31, 2006.</ref> Burkett did admit to poking fun at the band and criticizing their stance on [[gay marriage]], but emphasized that he befriended Underoath's band members at the start of the tour, had very civilized conversations with various members right up to the band's departure, that he had a personal policy of not making jokes on-stage about anyone he wasn't friends with or didn't like personally, and that there were never any hard feelings between himself and Underoath's band members.<ref name="fat_mike" /> Burkett also revealed on the August 2006 ''Fat Wreck Chords Podcast'' that internal troubles amongst the members of Underoath started after [[Spencer Chamberlain]] had indulged in a couple of cans of [[Bud Light]] with Burkett backstage a few nights prior to Underoath's sudden departure.<ref name="fat_podcast">[http://www.fatwreck.com/community/ "Bi-Costal Broadcast"], ''Fat Wreck Chords Podcast'', August 4, 2006</ref>

In an ''[[Alternative Press]]'' cover story on Underoath, Burkett told the magazine that Spencer Chamberlain had confided in him that Underoath's band members had been "having a lot of arguments over their religious beliefs.".<ref name="ap2">Staddon, Tristan. "Sometimes You Walk the Line, Sometimes the Line Walks You", ''Alternative Press'', Issue #219, October 2006, pp.180-186.</ref> In a sidebar of the same article, Burkett stated that he was "not calling Underoath homophobic, but they're against homosexual people having the same rights that straight people do. I find that to be bigoted."<ref name="ap3">Staddon, Tristan. "Cross Fire", ''Alternative Press'', Issue #219, October 2006, p.186.</ref>

Tim McTague admitted that "90 percent of what [Fat Mike] believes in and thinks is wrong about our country and our government, I agree with... [my] opinion doesn't align with the conservative church or the extreme leftist liberal side, either."<ref name="ap3"/>

In a January 2007 interview with Ultimate-guitar.net, Tim McTague stated the following when asked about Fat Mike's involvement in Underoath's departure,

''"That wasn’t an issue. I mean, that was an issue on the tour in the sense of like there were some things that were said that probably shouldn’t have been said by him. But it never really got to the point where it affected us. That wasn’t the breaking point really for us at all. I think he definitely played a role in making a lot of our stuff public and exaggerating a lot of our beliefs and a lot of our conversations that we had to him. So he definitely loves to stir the pot, and I’ll give him that. But beyond that, we shouldn’t have been on Warped Tour to begin with. It definitely wasn’t a Fat Mike thing."''
[http://ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/underoaths_tim_mctague_its_been_a_struggle.html Interview with Tim McTague]

==Current members==
*[[Spencer Chamberlain]]- Lead Vocals (2003-present)
*[[Aaron Gillespie]] - Drummer/Vocals (1998-present)
*[[Timothy McTague]] - Lead Guitar (2001-present), 3rd Guitar (2001)
*[[James Smith]] - Rhythm Guitar (2003- pres

==Former members==
*[[Dallas Taylor (vocalist)|Dallas Taylor]] - Lead Vocals (1998-2003) (Currently in [[Maylene and the Sons of Disaster]])
*Matthew Clark - Bass (2000-2001) (Currently in [[Sleeping By The Riverside]])
*Octavio Fernandez - Bass(1999-2000), Rhythm Guitar (2000-2002) (Currently in [[At the Wake]])
*Billy Nottke - Bass (2001-2002)
*Scott Nunn - Rhythm Guitar (2002-2003) (appears in "When The Sun Sleeps" video)
*Corey Steger - Rhythm Guitar (1998-1999), Lead Guitar (1999-2001)
*Rey Anasco - Bass (1998-1999)
*Luke Morton - Lead Guitar (1998-1999)
*Aleena- Vocals/3rd guitar (2000)
*Matt Tarpey- Lead Vocals (2003)

==Discography==
[[Act of Depression]]- 1999<br>
[[Cries of the Past]]- 2000<br>
[[The Changing of Times]]- 2002<br>
[[They're Only Chasing Safety]]- 2004<br>
[[Define The Great Line]]- 2006

==Trivia==
*The lyrics to a multitude of the bands earlier recordings make reference to Dallas' wife dying in a car crash. It is thought that in "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door," However, "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door," was written by current frontman Spencer Chamberlain, while the older lyrics were written by Dallas Taylor. The story is concluded and it is made known that the man in the story purposely got into a car accident to kill his wife so that she could be with God. [citation needed]
*The song '''"You're Ever So Inviting"''' is featured on the video game [[Madden 07]].
*The song '''"Reinventing Your Exit"''' is featured on the video game [[Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D]] and [[Flatout 2]].
*When just starting out, [[My Chemical Romance]] borrowed t-shirts and food from Underoath, "They were so nice to us," says Gerard Way on the [[Life on the Murder Scene]] DVD. My Chemical Romance can be seen on Underoath's DVD for "They're Only Chasing Safety".
*UO Front man, Spencer Chamberlain, was featured in an online game called "Warped Tour Massacre Fighting Game" at http://fuse.tv/warped/game/index.php

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* [http://www.underoath777.com/ Official Web site]
* [http://www.definethegreatline.com/ ''Define The Great Line'' mini-site]
* [http://www.chasingsafety.com/ ''They're Only Chasing Safety'' mini-site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/underoath MySpace Profile]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/underoath Underoath] at [[PureVolume]]
* [http://www.ucmepro.com/uo/mb/ UnderOath Forum]
* [http://www.underoathfan.com/ Unofficial Fan Site]
* [http://www.hatesomethingbeautiful.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=416 Interview with Spencer]
* [http://www.drivenfaroff.com/2006/05/07/underoath-interview-may-4th-2006 Underoath Interview - May 4th, 2006]
* [http://www.darklyrics.com/u/underoath.html underOATH Lyrics from at Dark Lyrics]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ausunderoathteam/ Australian Underoath Street Team Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/spencefans777/ Official Underoath ARMY]
* [http://www.myspace.com/spencerchamberlainfans Spencer Chamberlain Fans]

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

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