Rodin [Hardcover]

While anchoring his practice in the traditions of antiquity and the Renaissance,Auguste Rodin(18401917) paved the way for modern sculpture. From a very early stage, he was interested inmovement, 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 asThe KissandThe Thinker.

Produced in collaboration with the Mus?e Rodin, this TASCHEN Basic Art introduction examines the formative years of Rodins training as well as the key stages of his subsequent career. Itretraces the genesis of his sculptures and monuments from both a historical and an aesthetic point of viewand illuminates the links between his different works. The reader gains access to the artists ideas, as well as to the real material processes in his studiothe modeling in clay, the passage from plaster to bronze or to marble, enlargement, the creation of assemblages, and his deeplysensual erotic drawings.

An inexhaustible source of inspiration for subsequent generations of artists, Rodins work incorporatedinnovation and transgression, but above all anunrivaled 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 discoverand rediscoverthis priceless legacy.

BAProduced in collaboration with the Mus?e Rodin, this essential introduction examines the key works of Auguste Rodin, pioneering French sculptor behind The Kiss and The Thinker. With rich illustration and insightful texts, we explore the artists material processes of modeling and assemblage and his leading ideas of movement, bodily expression, and chance effects.