Rodin
Paris : Flammarion, [2015]
Format: Book
Edition: English-language edition.
Description: 247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
This definitive monograph from the Musée Rodin in Paris on the pioneering artist who paved the way for modern sculpture is now available in an affordable compact format. Revered today as the greatest sculptor of all time, whose expressive style prefigured that of the modernist movement and abstract sculpture, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) stirred up much controversy during his lifetime, and his sculptures often met with hostility and incomprehension from his peers. This monograph traces the life and work of the artist, from his youth and early poverty-stricken years of apprenticeship to his most celebrated works--The Kiss, The Thinker, The Gates of Hell--which have become veritable icons; and from his passionate and tumultuous relationship with Camille Claudel to his extraordinary studio, working methods, and sources of inspiration, and his final years marked by war and illness.
Written by experts from the Musée Rodin in Paris, this richly illustrated volume includes drawings, watercolors, engravings, and archival documents, as well as specially commissioned photographs of Rodin's sculptures, completed by a chronology, bibliography, and history of the Musée Rodin--housed in the artist's former studio in the Hôtel Biron. Providing insight into the many facets of his creative genius, this new compact edition of the Musée Rodin's definitive reference on the artist and his oeuvre coincides with museum's reopening in September 2015.
Written by experts from the Musée Rodin in Paris, this richly illustrated volume includes drawings, watercolors, engravings, and archival documents, as well as specially commissioned photographs of Rodin's sculptures, completed by a chronology, bibliography, and history of the Musée Rodin--housed in the artist's former studio in the Hôtel Biron. Providing insight into the many facets of his creative genius, this new compact edition of the Musée Rodin's definitive reference on the artist and his oeuvre coincides with museum's reopening in September 2015.
Contents:
Youth and education / Véronique Mattiussi -- The gates of hell / Raphaël Masson -- Camille Claudel / Véronique Mattiussi -- Rodin, sculptor of public monuments / Raphaël Masson -- 1900 : the watershed year / Véronique Mattiussi -- In the sculptor's studio / Véronique Mattiussi -- Sources of inspiration / Raphaël Masson -- The final years / Véronique Mattiussi -- The Musée Rodin from 1919 to the present / Raphaël Masson.
ISBN:
9782080202390
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Rodin, Auguste | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
"Musée Rodin."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.