Rodin
By: Raphaël Masson, Véronique Mattiussi ; translated from the French by Deke Dusinberre
Contributors: Mattiussi, Véronique, author; Dusinberre, Deke, translator; Musée Rodin
Edition: English-language edition.
Publisher: Flammarion; Musée Rodin
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9782080202390
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Sculptors; Biography
Work titles: Rodin
Description: Traces the life and work of Auguste Rodin, from his youth and early poverty-stricken years of apprenticeship to his most celebrated works--The Kiss, The Thinker, The Gates of Hell; from his tumultuous relationship with Camille Claudel to his studio, working methods, and sources of inspiration; and to his final years marked by war and illness. Includes drawings, watercolors, engravings, and archival documents, as well as specially commissioned photographs of Rodin's sculptures.
Notes: "Simultaneously published in French as Rodin"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- by Jacques Vilain -- Introduction; title: Youth and education  -- Véronique Mattiussi; title: The gates of hell  -- Raphaël Masson; title: Camille Claudel  -- Véronique Mattiussi; title: Rodin, sculptor of public monuments  -- Raphaël Masson; title: 1900: the watershed year  -- Véronique Mattiussi; title: In the sculptor's studio  -- Véronique Mattiussi; title: Sources of inspiration  -- Raphaël Masson; title: The final years  -- Véronique Mattiussi; title: The Musée Rodin from 1919 to the present -- Raphaël Masson.