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Rodin and the art of ancient Greece

Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917, artist, Farge, Celeste, author, Garnier, Bâenâedicte, author, Jenkins, Ian (Ian Dennis), author, British Museum, host institution, Musâee Rodin, organizer

Overview

Rodin, famous for 'The thinker' and 'The kiss', was captivated by the sculptures of Classical antiquity and he constantly reworked and assimilated the forms of ancient Greek and Roman art in his own work. Rodin visited the British Museum for the first time in the summer of 1881 and there greatly admired the sculptures of the Parthenon. Before he saw the originals, he was already acquainted with plaster casts of them displayed in the âEcole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. The Parthenon sculptures continued to be a major influence on his own work and he visited them frequently on his return visits to London. He also amassed a huge collection of fragments of ancient sculpture that served as a source of inspiration.

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Subject: Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 Exhibitions. / Art, Greek. / Greece Antiquities.
• ISBN: 9780500480304, 0500480303

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NB553.R7 A4 2018	1	BOOK	ARTS