The thinker was therefore initially both a being with a. He represented dante author of the divine comedy which had inspired the gates leaning forward to observe the circles of hell while meditating on his work. 70 cm as the crowning element of the gates of hell seated on the tympanum the thinker was entitled the poet.
When conceived in 1880 in its original size approx. The artist left his studio in paris the hôtel biron in his will to the french state now known as the musée rodin housing the largest collection of his work as a sculptor and draughtsman. Auguste rodin is considered to be one of the greatest artists of all times as well as the greatest sculptor of the 19th and 20th century.
French sculptor auguste rodin is known for creating several iconic works including the age of bronze the thinker the kiss and the burghers of calais. This demonstrates to the viewer the high regard with which rodin held dante and creative thinkers in general. The nude figure is muscular taunt and valiant.
Auguste rodin created the thinker in a way that mirrors the heroes of michelangelo. Interpretations of the thinker s enigmatic and introverted position as well as the circumstances surrounding its creation by sculptor auguste rodin have been at the center of much heated debates in the art world and beyond. The thinker by auguste rodin born in 1840 and dead in 1917 is one of the most famous art sculpture in the western world.
Learn more about these works and others. The thinker and the kiss. The gates of hell an unfinished project resulted in two of his most famous pieces.
Auguste rodin french sculptor of sumptuous bronze and marble figures considered by some critics to be the greatest portraitist in the history of sculpture. The thinker originally a part of rodin s the gates of hell exists in several versions the original size and the later monumental size versions were both created by rodin and the most valuable versions are those created under his supervision. This is a list of the thinker sculptures made by auguste rodin.
1308 21 and modeled a series of small clay figures that represented some of the poem s tormented characters.
The thinker auguste rodin sculptures. Le penseur is a bronze sculpture by auguste rodin usually placed on a stone pedestal the work shows a nude male figure of heroic size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought often used as an image to represent philosophy there are about 28 full sized castings in which the figure is about 186 cm high though not all were made during. The thinker was originally called the poet and was conceived as part of the gates of hell initially a commission 1880 for a pair of bronze doors to a planned museum of decorative arts in paris rodin chose for his subject dante s inferno from the divine comedy c.
The thinker was originally called the poet and was conceived as part of the gates of hell initially a commission 1880 for a pair of bronze doors to a planned museum of decorative arts in paris rodin chose for his subject dante s inferno from the divine comedy c. Le penseur is a bronze sculpture by auguste rodin usually placed on a stone pedestal the work shows a nude male figure of heroic size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought often used as an image to represent philosophy there are about 28 full sized castings in which the figure is about 186 cm high though not all were made during.
