Rodin
Subtitle: sex and the making of modern sculpture
By: David J. Getsy
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780300167252
Subjects: Sex in art; Criticism and interpretation; Technique; Modern Sculpture
Description: During his lifetime, Auguste Rodin's name became synonymous with modern sculpture. It aslo became linked with sex. Rodin came to emphasize the importance of desire and the sexual as the markers of his individual perspective, using them to fuel his increasingly daring treatments of the nude. Bodily passion became the primary means through which he sought to make sculpture evocative, expressive, and universally appealing. The author examines these developments by focusing on two pivotal moments in Rodin's career: first, 1876, the year his work is catalyzed through an engagement with Michelangelo; and, second, 1900, the year of the one-person exhibition that catapulted him to international public notoriety.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1876 : Michelangelo and Rodin's desires; title: 1900 : material evidence, the Gates of hell, and the making of Rodin.