Rodin and the art of ancient Greece

Resource Information

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Label

Rodin and the art of ancient Greece

Statement of responsibility

Celeste Farge, Bénédicte Garnier and Ian Jenkins

Contributor

• Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917
• British Museum
• Musée Rodin
• Farge, Celeste
• Garnier, Bénédicte
• Jenkins, Ian, (Ian Dennis)

Author

• Garnier, Bénédicte
• Farge, Celeste
• Jenkins, Ian, (Ian Dennis)

Host institution

• British Museum

Subject

• Greece -- Antiquities
• Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 -- Exhibitions
• Art, Greek
• Art and Design

Genre

• Exhibitions

Language

eng

Summary

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. 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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Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 730.92
• A 733.19 RODIN (F)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

NB553.R7

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

specialized