Auguste Rodin: 2 - Hardcover

Descharnes, Robert; Chabrun, J. F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670140945 ISBN 13: 9780670140947

Verlag: Studio, 1967

Inhaltsangabe

[Rodin, Auguste] Descharnes, Robert and Chabrun, Jean-Francois. Auguste Rodin. First Edition. London Melbourne, MacMillan. 1967. 26cm x 31cm. 277, (7) pages. Illustrated throughout with tipped-in illustrations in colour and several textillustrations in black-and-white. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket. Name of former owner on endpaper. One annotation within the text. Best monograph on Rodin. Includes for example: Testament artistique d'Auguste Rodin/ Rose/ Belgium/The Gates of Hell/ The Burghers of Calais/ The Prime of Life/ The Monument to Balzac/ The Monument to Victor Hugo/ The Sultan of Meudon/ The Awkward Age/ Rodin at work/ Rodin and the Dance/ The Twilight of a God/ François-Auguste-René Rodin (12 November 1840 - 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin, was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art. Sculpturally, 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 the predominant figure sculpture tradition, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style. Successive works brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community. From the unexpected realism of his first major figure - inspired by his 1875 trip to I..

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Studio
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1967
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0670140945
• ISBN 13: 9780670140947
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280
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