The thinker the kiss and the three shades. Several now famous figures found in the gates of hell were adapted as individual sculptures by rodin. In 1880 rodin began working on the gates of hell a colossal double door sculpture portraying a narrative from dante s inferno.
From the original 19x13x3 foot work the french sculptor made independent versions of the. Did you know fine art could have spin offs. The thinker wasn t rodin s only gates of hell spin off.
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. 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.
Rodin made a number of other marble and bronze editions but his most famous version is the 6 foot bronze statue siting in the gardens of the rodin museum in paris. Made by french artist auguste rodin the statue shows a muscular figure in his moment of concentrated introspection. There are few sculptures that are as iconic as the thinker.
Le penseur is one of the most famous sculptures of auguste rodin created in the period from 1880 to 1882. A great sculptor who discovered new possibilities of plastic art one of the most brilliant draughtsmen of the 19th century rodin had a huge influence on the subsequent development of sculpture. 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.
Thinker 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. 1308 21 and modeled a series of small clay figures that represented some of the poem s tormented characters. This is a list of the thinker sculptures made by auguste rodin.
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. When conceived in 1880 in its original size approx. 70 cm as the crowning element of the gates of hell seated on the tympanum the thinker was entitled the poet.
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 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 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.
