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Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece

Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece

Farge, Celeste
Garnier, Bénédicte
Jenkins, Ian

Hardcover

Series: British Museum, Book 5

General ArtIndividual ArtistsSculpture & Installation

Publisher Price: $60.00

ISBN10: 0500480303
ISBN13: 9780500480304
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: Jun 19 2018
Pages: 256
Weight: 3.75
Height: 0.90 Width: 10.10 Depth: 11.20
Language: English

Rodin, famous for The Thinker and The Kiss, was captivated by the sculptures of Classical antiquity and he constantly reworked and assimilated the forms of ancient Greek and Roman art in his own work. Rodin visited the British Museum for the first time in the summer of 1881 and there greatly admired the sculptures of the Parthenon. Before he saw the originals, he was already acquainted with plaster casts of them displayed in the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. The Parthenon sculptures continued to be a major influence on his own work and he visited them frequently on his return visits to London. He also amassed a huge collection of fragments of ancient sculpture that served as a great source of inspiration.

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