Near the end of his life, Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) began creating astonishingly an improvisatory and free life drawings. First published in a very limited edition in 1939, 31 of these drawings are paired here with selected Love Elegies from Ovid, one of Rodin’s favorite authors. With Christopher Marlowe’s glittering translation highlighting Ovid’s work, Rodin’s stunning art seems alive on the page in this unique volume.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known asOvidin the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. Auguste Rodinwas a French sculptor, generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture.
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