The intersection of art and health: exploring physical fitness through rodin's sculptures

SANTOS, MARIA GISELE DOS and SILVA, CINTHIA LOPES DA (2025) The intersection of art and health: exploring physical fitness through rodin's sculptures. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 21 (2). 023-029. ISSN 2582-5542

This article addresses an interdisciplinary pedagogical experience in the initial training of Physical Education teachers, highlighting the importance of the integration between Auguste Rodin's art and health. Although students have access to content from the Natural Sciences, Human and Social Sciences, in addition to specific knowledge applied to Physical Education, they often do not identify the correlation or interdisciplinarity between these areas. The objective of this research was to report and discuss the contributions of the use of the statue game, inspired by Rodin's sculptures, as an innovative strategy for teaching the components of physical fitness focused on health and anatomy in the Physical Education course at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). By using Rodin's works, it seeks not only to facilitate the understanding of the learning processes of physical qualities and musculature, but also to promote a greater appreciation of art as an educational tool. This qualitative study collected data through a question sent by e-mail to the teacher of the discipline of Fundamentals in Physical Education and Health, who proposed the theme. The analysis of the response was carried out based on studies on leisure and Educational Communication. The results indicate that the integration of art and health through Rodin's sculptures creates a creative and emotionally engaging pedagogical experience, facilitating access to knowledge and improving the learning process of Physical Education students.