Rodin

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This definitive monograph from the Muse 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 18401917 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 povertystricken years of apprenticeship to his most celebrated worksThe Kiss The Thinker The Gates of Hellwhich 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 illnessWritten by experts from the Muse Rodin in Paris this richly illustrated volume includes drawings watercolors engravings and archival documents as well as specially commissioned photographs of Rodins sculptures completed by a chronology bibliography and history of the Muse Rodinhoused in the artists former studio in the Htel Biron Providing insight into the many facets of his creative genius this new compact edition of the Muse Rodins definitive reference on the artist and his oeuvre coincides with museums reopening in September 2015