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PublisherThames & Hudson

ISBN-100500238359

ISBN-139780500238356

eBay Product ID (ePID)57587777

Product Key Features

Book TitleAuguste Rodin : Drawings and Watercolours

Number of Pages440 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSculpture & Installation, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, General

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorAntoinette Le Normand-Romain, Christina Buley-Uribe

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight52 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-905209

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal730.92

Synopsis"I have drawn all my life. I began withdrawing: I have never stopped drawing."--Auguste Rodin From the "black" drawings contemporaneous with the Gates of Hell to his great watercolor nudes, this book reproduces hundreds of Auguste Rodin's most beautiful graphic works held in the collection of the Musee Rodin, a number of which are published here for the first time. The accompanying essays analyze the complex relationships between Rodin's drawings and his sculptures, the problems of attribution, and the role of sensuality in his work. Rodin's rich graphic oeuvre has until now been a little-known aspect of his art, yet it is crucial to a full understanding of his work. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the great sculptor's achievements. 372 illustrations in color and black and white., 'I have drawn all my life. I began with drawing: I have never stopped drawing.' - Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin: Drawings & Watercolours presents a panorama of Rodin's graphic work, from the 'black' drawings contemporaneous with the Gates of Hell to his great watercolour nudes. It reproduces 350 of the most beautiful drawings held in the collection at the Musée Rodin, as well as some from the most important foreign collections, a considerable number of which are published here for the first time. Two in-depth essays analyse this compelling body of work, one studying the complex relationships between Rodin's drawings and sculptures, the other the problems of attribution and the role of sensuality in his work. Rodin's rich, often sumptuous, graphic oeuvre has until now been a little-known aspect of his art, yet is crucial to a full understanding of the great sculptor's work. This book, the first on the subject in well over three decades, will be essential reading for Rodin's many admirers everywhere. Antoinette Le Normand-Romain is a National Heritage curator, in charge of the sculptures at the Musée Rodin. She has written widely on sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries, and particularly on Rodin, on whom she has also curated many exhibitions. Christina Buley-Uribe is the author of Auguste Rodin: Watercolors From The Collection Of The Musée Rodin, Paris ., Rodin's rich graphic oeuvre has until now been a little-known aspect of his art, yet it is crucial to a full understanding of his work. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the great sculptor's achievements., From the black drawings contemporaneous with the Gates of Hell to his great watercolor nudes, this book reproduces hundreds of Auguste Rodin's most beautiful graphic works held in the collection of the Musée Rodin, a number of which are published here for the first time. The accompanying essays analyze the complex relationships between Rodin's drawings and his sculptures, the problems of attribution, and the role of sensuality in his work. Rodin's rich graphic oeuvre has until now been a little-known aspect of his art, yet it is crucial to a full understanding of his work. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the great sculptor's achievements.

LC Classification NumberN6853