Blanchetiere Francois - Rodin - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: While anchoring his practice in the traditions of antiquity and the Renaissance Auguste Rodin (1840 1917) paved the way for modern sculpture. From a very early stage he was interested in movement the expression of the body chance effects and the incomplete fragment. It was these elements that gave shape and the impression of life to such famous works as The Kiss and The Thinker. Produced in collaboration with the Mus e Rodin this Taschen Basic Art introduction examines the formative years of Rodin's training as well as the key stages of his subsequent career. It retraces the genesis of his sculptures and monuments from both a historical and an aesthetic point of view and illuminates the links between his different works. The reader gains access to the artist's ideas as well as to the real material processes in his studio the modeling in clay the passage from plaster to bronze or to marble enlargement the creation of assemblages and his deeply sensual erotic drawings. An inexhaustible source of inspiration for subsequent generations of artists Rodin's work incorporated innovation and transgression but above all an unrivaled passion for working in front of the living model and for capturing the truth of human experience and forms. With rich illustration and texts from Fran ois Blancheti re this book invites us to discover and rediscover this priceless legacy.
Title: Rodin
Author(s): Blanchetiere Francois
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836555043
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 5/30/2016
Series: Basic Art
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs