TY - BOOK AU - Masson,RaphaeÌl AU - Mattiussi,VeÌronique AU - Dusinberre,Deke ED - MuseÌe Rodin, TI - Rodin SN - 2080202391 AV - NB553.R7 M165 2015 U1 - 730.92 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Paris PB - Flammarion KW - Rodin, Auguste, KW - Sculptors KW - France KW - Biography N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -