François-Auguste-René Rodin ( 1840-11-12 – 1917-11-17 ) was a French sculptor, and the preeminent sculptor of the modern era. He played a pivotal role in the art of the late nineteenth century, both excelling at and rebelling against the Beaux-Arts...
Often compared with that great sculptor of the Renaissance, Michelangelo, Auguste Rodin was a towering figure of late-nineteenth-century art. His bronze images go far beyond mere surface detail; Rodin, more than any other sculptor, revealed the inner...
The French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) conceived of his sculpture largely as volumes existing in space, as materials to be manipulated for a variety of surface effects. Thus he anticipated the aims of many 20th-century sculptors. Auguste Rodin,...
Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917) was a French artist, most famous as a sculptor. He was the preeminent French sculptor of his time, and remains one of the few sculptors widely recognized outside...
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), a sculptor I have long admired, can be a difficult artist to come to grips with. His major monument, the Gates of Hell, remained unfinished at his death. With some artists, "unfinished" is not an issue. Cezanne's Garden at Les Lauves...
El beso, El pensador y La eterna primavera son tres de las obras más famosas de Auguste Rodin (París, 1840-Meudon, 1917), uno de los escultores más importantes de finales del siglo XIX y de los de mayor reconocimiento internacional. El Museo de Bellas...
Rodin's The Thinker has sat at the entrance to the Detroit Institute of Arts for decades, welcoming generations of visitors to one of the nation's largest fine arts museums.Now, for the first time since acquiring it in 1922, the DIA is loaning out the iconic...
Today is Saturday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2007. There are 44 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 17, 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building.On this date:In 1558, Elizabeth I acceded to the...
