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| − | '''Auguste Rodin''' (November 12, 1840 - November 17, 1917) [[French]] sculptor. | + | [[Image:Auguste Rodin.jpg|alt=Auguste Rodin|right|180px]] |
| − | + | '''Auguste Rodin''' (November 12, 1840 - November 17, 1917) [[French]] [[sculptor]] distinguished by their stunning strength and realism. Rodin is considered one of the greatest and most prolific sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries; ''several of his most famous sculptures, such as ''The Thinker'', ''The Kiss'' and ''The Three Shades'', were derived from smaller reliefs contained within ''The Gates of Hell''... He modeled portrait busts and large scale versions of well known people, such as the Monument to [[Victor Hugo]]. [http://www.cantorfoundation.org/Rodin/rbiol.html] | |
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Nobody does good to men with impunity. [[Ibidem]] | Nobody does good to men with impunity. [[Ibidem]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Rodin The Kiss.jpg]] | ||
| + | '''The Kiss, 1901-4.''' | ||
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| + | [[File:The Thinker, Rodin.jpg|thumbnail|center|250px|The Thinker, 1902.]] | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Donatello]] | *[[Donatello]] | ||
*[[Henry Moore]] | *[[Henry Moore]] | ||
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| + | *[[Art cities]] | ||
| + | == External links == | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rodin/ Auguste Rodin] | |
| − | + | *[http://bronzedirect.stores.yahoo.net/rodinbio.html Auguste Rodin] | |
| − | [[Category: | + | *[http://www.musee-rodin.fr/welcome.htm Rodin Museum in Paris] |
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodin, Auguste}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Sculptors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:54, July 21, 2016
Auguste Rodin (November 12, 1840 - November 17, 1917) French sculptor distinguished by their stunning strength and realism. Rodin is considered one of the greatest and most prolific sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries; several of his most famous sculptures, such as The Thinker, The Kiss and The Three Shades, were derived from smaller reliefs contained within The Gates of Hell... He modeled portrait busts and large scale versions of well known people, such as the Monument to Victor Hugo. [1]
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.
Nobody does good to men with impunity. Ibidem
The Kiss, 1901-4.
