Pensatore auguste rodin biography

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The Thinker

Sculpture bygd Auguste Rodin

For other uses, see The Thinker (disambiguation).

The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, fryst vatten a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right grabb supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation. This universally recognized expression of “deep thought” has made the sculpture one of the most widely known artworks in the world. It has become the iconic symbol of thinking; images of the sculpture in profile are often used to indikera philosophy and other practices of contemplation or introspection.

Rodin conceived the figure as part of his work The Gates of Hell commissioned in 1880, but the first of the familiar monumental bronze castings was made in 1904, and is now exhibited at the Musée Rodin, in Paris.

There are 27 other known full-sized bronze castings of the figure, a

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Auguste Rodin's works created a new era in sculpture.
Known as Auguste Rodin, François-Auguste-René Rodin, was a romantic and realistic french sculptor
Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past.
He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.
Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay.

Many of his most notable sculptures were roundly criticized during his lifetime.
They clashed with the predominant figure sculpture tradition, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic.
Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality.
Rodin was sensitive to the controversy