This large sculpture * * * has 186 images, which was created according to Dante's divine comedy "Hell" and lasted for 37 years, and was still being revised until the year before his death. The Gate of Hell represents Rodin's more inner pain and depressed soul.
2. Bronze Age. See COPPER AGE
Bronze, 1.74m high, created in 1876- 1877, now in France. 1870 when the Franco-Prussian War broke out, he was drafted into the army with blind nationalism and patriotism, and he retired home sick halfway. A penniless man once carved the name of his teacher, Carriere Behles, on his statue in order to make money, but was found out and drove out of the studio.
A man who also studied in Bells Studio pulled him to make some traditional statues and sold them for money. Soon, he was disgusted with all this and wanted to escape and breathe some real artistic air.
3. Thinker
The Thinker was exhibited in the salon on 1904, but this huge statue made Rodin suffer another fierce attack in his later years. Supporters of the Academy of Fine Arts and the French Academy call them "monsters" and "apes". The officially completed bronze statue of the thinker was placed in front of the Pantheon.
The Thinker is Rodin's greatest masterpiece in his later years, which has been playing a powerful role in the subsequent social process. Especially in the early 20th century, it was regarded as a symbol of the power to transform the world. Lenin once told two young representatives who had to go to London to attend the Russian Social Democratic Party Congress that they had to go through France. You must go and see Rodin's The Thinker.
4. Calais citizens
Bronze, 208.5× 239× 190.5cm, created by French sculptor Rodin Yu 1884- 1886, now in Calais, France. This work is a large monument sculpture. This group of sculptures shows a lofty spirit of integrity and sacrifice in a grand and real historical situation, and vividly depicts the emotions and personalities of different characters when they face death with delicate and profound psychological expressions.
5.balzac
Balzac portrayed by Rodin is a nocturnal image. Literary giant used to work at night in pajamas, so Rodin asked him to meditate under the stars in pajamas, which wrapped the standing literary giant. It is said that Balzac has a pair of wise hands in the manuscript.
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