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Rodin / RaphaeÌl Masson, VeÌronique Mattiussi ; translated from the French by Deke Dusinberre.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Paris : Flammarion, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 247 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 2080202391
  • 9782080202390
Uniform titles:
  • Rodin. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 730.92 23
LOC classification:
  • NB553.R7 M165 2015
Contents:
Foreword / by Jacques Vilain -- Introduction -- Youth and education / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- The gates of hell / RaphaeÌl Masson -- Camille Claudel / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- Rodin, sculptor of public monuments / RaphaeÌl Masson -- 1900: the watershed year / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- In the sculptor's studio / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- Sources of inspiration / RaphaeÌl Masson -- The final years / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- The Musee Rodin from1919 to the present / RaphaeÌl Masson.
Summary: Traces the life and work of Auguste Rodin, from his youth and early poverty-stricken years of apprenticeship to his most celebrated works--The Kiss, The Thinker, The Gates of Hell; from his tumultuous relationship with Camille Claudel to his studio, working methods, and sources of inspiration; and to his final years marked by war and illness. Includes drawings, watercolors, engravings, and archival documents, as well as specialls commissioned photographs of Rodin's sculptures.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks NB553 .R7 M165 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001404507

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.

Foreword / by Jacques Vilain -- Introduction -- Youth and education / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- The gates of hell / RaphaeÌl Masson -- Camille Claudel / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- Rodin, sculptor of public monuments / RaphaeÌl Masson -- 1900: the watershed year / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- In the sculptor's studio / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- Sources of inspiration / RaphaeÌl Masson -- The final years / VeÌronique Mattiussi -- The Musee Rodin from1919 to the present / RaphaeÌl Masson.

Traces the life and work of Auguste Rodin, from his youth and early poverty-stricken years of apprenticeship to his most celebrated works--The Kiss, The Thinker, The Gates of Hell; from his tumultuous relationship with Camille Claudel to his studio, working methods, and sources of inspiration; and to his final years marked by war and illness. Includes drawings, watercolors, engravings, and archival documents, as well as specialls commissioned photographs of Rodin's sculptures.

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