Auguste Rodin - 90 artworks - sculpture - WikiArt.org
WEBSculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of his most notable sculptures were roundly criticized during his lifetime. They clashed with predominant figurative sculpture traditions, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic.
Auguste Rodin - Wikipedia
WEBHe is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. Many of Rodin's most notable sculptures were criticized, as they clashed with predominant figurative sculpture traditions in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic.
Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBThe increasingly erotic character of Rodin’s sculpture in the 1880s can be explained by his preoccupation with two highly charged literary sources. These were Dante’s Inferno and Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil.
Auguste Rodin | Biography, Art, & Facts | Britannica
WEB3 days ago · Auguste Rodin (born November 12, 1840, Paris, France—died November 17, 1917, Meudon) was a French sculptor of sumptuous bronze and marble figures, considered by some critics to be the greatest portraitist in the history of sculpture.
Artworks - Musée Rodin
WEBDiscover an emblematic selection of masterpieces and documents from Auguste Rodin's collections, which show the richness and diversity of the collections of the Rodin Museum, created in 1919 by the sculptor himself.
Auguste Rodin - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBOrpheus and Eurydice. Auguste Rodin French. modeled ca. 1887, carved 1893. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800. The mythical poet Orpheus braved the underworld to rescue his dead wife, Eurydice.
Auguste Rodin - National Gallery of Art
WEBBy the end of the decade, when the sculptor joined Claude Monet (1840-1926) in a large exhibition at the Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Rodin was clearly a major presence in the world of modern art, a man from whom much could be expected.
Auguste Rodin - French | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBThe Hand of God. Auguste Rodin French. original model before 1895, carved ca. 1907. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800. Rodin presents the inchoate figures of Adam and Eve cradled in God’s hand.
Auguste Rodin - MoMA
WEBWhile a more traditional artist might have turned to ancient Greek or Roman sculptures as models, Rodin instead gathered visual and verbal portraits of Balzac, who had died in 1850, and hired models resembling the writer; he even obtained made-to-order clothing with Balzac’s measurements.
Auguste Rodin - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBMar 13, 2020 · Auguste Rodin. Also known as. Auguste (François A. Rene) Rodin, François Auguste Rodin, Ogiust Roden, Rodin, Lo-tan, Rodan, 奥古斯特·罗丹. Date of birth. 1840. Date of death. 1917. See all 40 artworks ›. …