[DOC] [TLE] Selected Bronzes | Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation [PAR] In 1875 Rodin began work on a life-size male nude, intending to submit it to the 
Salon. ... In 1879 Rodin entered a competition for a monument to honor the 
French who .... The Burghers of Calais was commissioned by the French city of 
Calais to ... each at the moment he realized the limit of his own resolve for self-
sacrifice. [DOC] [TLE] Auguste Rodin - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Apr 26, 2016 ... Returning to Belgium, he began work on The Age of Bronze, ... For a monument 
to French author Honor de Balzac, Rodin was chosen in 1891. .... Rodin began 
the project in 1884, inspired by the chronicles of the siege by .... (As a result of 
this limit, The Burghers of Calais, for example, is found in 14 cities.)... [DOC] [TLE] Auguste RODIN | Study for Monument  Whistler | Auguste Rodin 6 ... [PAR] The Burghers of Calais by Rodin (1884-6) Bronze Paris Muse Rodin ... 
preserves an important collection of works by the great French sculptor Auguste 
Rodin, and by his ... The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New 
York City borough of Brooklyn. ..... The Thinker at the de Young Legion of Honor 
Museum. [DOC] [TLE] AcTiviTies foR The clAssRoom - Philadelphia Museum of Art [PAR] For more information on Rodin and his work, please refer to the Background ... 
Photocopy the worksheet (either in French or English) and cut the emotion .... by 
Augustus Saint-Gaudens; and The Statue of Liberty (1886) by Frdric ... self-
sacrifice or heroism in The Burghers of Calais, creative thought in The Thinker,. [DOC] [TLE] Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant 1 | The North Carolina ... [PAR] Edward III, King of England, claimed authority over France at that time. In 1346 ... 
To honor this act of self-sacrifice, the city of Calais commissioned Rodin in 1885 
to execute a ... His finished work was The Burghers of Calais (Les Bourgeois de 
Calais). ... The modeling of the head was done in 1884-1885 and enlarged in 
1909. [DOC] [TLE] pierredewissant photos on Flickr | Flickr [PAR] Auguste Rodin (1884-95), Pierre de Wissant, Nude (1793), bronze, 6'6 (2m) tall. 
... Edward III, King of England, claimed authority over France at that time. ... To 
honor this act of self-sacrifice, the city of Calais commissioned Rodin in 1885 to 
execute ... His finished work was The Burghers of Calais (Les Bourgeois de 
Calais). [DOC] [TLE] 19th- 'entury Art [PAR] tion of Greek Works (1755) sets the tone for the period that. concerns us here, art 
.... I monuments were being published in England and France; in Rome, the... [DOC] [TLE] Art - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] Jan Vermeer lived his entire life in this city known for its pottery Delft, His art sold 
well, but this ... Fragonard 17321806 was a French painter and printmaker 
whose late Rococo ..... In 1884 Rodin began work on a monument honoring the 
self-sacrificing Burghers of Calais, it serves as a monument to an occurrence in 
1347... [DOC] [TLE] The Price of Liberty is Vigilance: The Burghers of Calais [PAR] Sep 4, 2005 ... "In 1884 Rodin submitted a maquette for a competition in Calais, France to erect 
a monument in honor of a local hero, Eustache de Saint-Pierre. ... He began by 
studying the history surrounding the event as well as other ... their self-
aggrandizement and the heroic self-sacrifice of the burghers of Calais. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection" - Internet Archive [PAR] On the jacket/cover: The Burghers of Calais, 1884-95, cast 1985 (detail). ... of the 
Legion of Honor, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of 
Art, ... A fourth commission, the Monument to Claude Lorrain in Nancy, France, ... 
After his third rejection

Question: In 1884 Rodin began work on a monument honoring the self-sacrificing "Burghers of" this French city
Answer: Calais