Augusts Rodin

Augusts Rodin (* 12. November 1840, Paris; † 17. November 1917, Paris) was a French sculptor. With it the age of the modern sculpture begins.

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thatHell gate, detail admission - the philosopher (copy in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris)

Faun and Nymphe, marble statue of 1885/86, museum Folkwang meal

Rodin originated from a conservative official family; its father worked in the police administration. With13 years 1853 Rodin pupils of the École Spéciale de Dessin et de Mathématiques. In the following year it changed kinds to the École décoratifs. There it remained until 1862. During this time he tried several times in vain, as a student onthe famous École of the Beaux to be kind taken up.

When 1862 its sister died, Rodin came into a life crisis and he joined the medal Pères you Saint Sacrement. But with the entrance into the medal it already became for its artisticCreate for all time released.

Two years later Rodin became pupil of Albert Ernest carrier Belleuse. It followed its master 1870 to Brussels, but the artistic argument grew 1870 to a strong controversy and Rodin separated from carrier Belleuse. Starting from thisTime experienced Rodin by public orders also its first artistic acknowledgment.

In the years 1875/76 Rodin undertook to decode a study trip to Italy around the secret me long lot. 1877 it returned again to Paris; among other things around of France gothical cathedrals toostudy. The Porzellanmanufaktur in Sèvres took Rodin for the years 1879/82 under contract. 1883 became acquainted with Rodin Camille Claudel . She became only its pupil, later its loving.

Beside different work Rodin became 1889 of the Panthéon in Paris with a StaturVictor Hugos assigns. It decided, Hugo naked and surrounds from the Musen to explain. Naturally the scandal-pregnant draft was rejected and the statue remained unfinished.

1894 established itself Rodin in Meudon and scharte there a circle of young writers andArtist around itself. During the world exhibition in Paris 1900 in the pavilion Rodin 171 of its works are presented. In the years 1905/06 Rainer Maria Rilke was active as a secretary Rodins.

In the Hôtel Biron installed Rodin 1907 a further studio; today as To visit Musée Rodin.

At the age of 77 years Rodin married its life companion rose Beuret in February 1917. But already to 17. November 1917 died Augusts Rodin in Paris.

works

• 1863 Büste Peter Eymard
• 1864 thatMan with the broken nose
• 1875/76 the Eherne age
• 1877 of the defeated ones
• 1878 Johannes of the Täufer
• 1879 call to the weapons
• 1882 Büste of the sculptor Jules Dalou
• 1893 Balzak, act study
• 1884 monument of the citizens of Calais
• 1911 Walking man
• 1880 Adam or the large shade
• 1880 the philosopher
• 1881 EH
• 1881 the three shade
• 1884 Fugit amor
• 1884 eternal spring
• 1880 -1917 the hell gate (see illustration right)
• 1885 Geiz and Wollust
• 1885 the Danaide
• 1885 toilet deVenus
• 1886 *1886 Faun und Nymphe
• 1887 Die Zentaurin
• 1889 Das ewige Idol
• 1894 Christus und Magdalena
• 1895 Der Fall eines Engels
• 1897 Denkmal für Balzac
• 1898 Der Kuss
• 1898 (<-ca.) Denkmal für Balzac
• 1905 Paolo und Francesca
• 1907Büstethe Helene of Nostitz
• 1909 monument for Victor Hugo
• 1909 Torso of a young Mrs.
• 1910 dance studies

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revolutionary of the sculpture art

Augusts Rodin is considered as a Wegbereiter of the modern trend, there it with some its works revolutionary yardsticks in thatSculpture art set. The man with the broken nose is one of the first works Rondins. Contrary to other large sculptors of its time it opposes the idealistic sculpture art and only concentrates on realism. With “the man with that" Rodin a taboo of the sculpture art broke through and showed broken nose a makanten man head with a broken nose. The work of art was explained however with the Jurie a large Kunstaustellung in Paris as art unworthy, so that hoped for success did not succeed to it yet.

The order for the city Calais a work of art received Augusts Rodin to establish. In 100 the year old war the city Callais was taken by England. These demanded 7 victims thereby the city would not be destroyed. Rodin should now the 7Victim Callais as monument for memory represent. The work “the citizens of Callais” is a prime example for the renewals in the art happening by Rodin.In of the sculpture art applies the question of the presentation as central motive of the work. All sculptures became traditional upa base posed. Rodin however used only a Pinte and lets citizens appear thereby its on high of the viewer. This characteristic produces an extreme proximity for the picture. This proximity strengthens by the dissolution of the traditional frontal view to sculptures. Rodin leavesits citizens easily in the circle run, so that there is no real viewing angle. This phenomenon is to be described at the betsen in a three-dimensional area. With usual works the sculpture is the end of a tunnel and the viewer a figure in the area,this end to approach or remove can. With Rodin the work of art becomes center of a circle. With that the viewer the life of the work of art by itself to remove and also by circling feel can. In addition those is also with this work of artDistance of the idealism visibly. This works even expressiv. This is to be regarded however in this work also in connection with a new Erungenschaft Rodins. Rodin represents the hands of its citizens extra large, there it the hands as a very expression-strongObject regards. Thus the expressive distance is to be seen as a diversion from the insignificant one to. The artist concentrates strongly on the feelings of the victims and shows by the citizens the different possibilities of the feeling situation with one victim-death-traditionally would be all citizensheroful represented. It however shows also feelings, like fear and sadness… etc. The feelings are at the faces to constitute as well as at the hands.

We come now to a further work Rodin with which it its Rervolution continue. “The walking”: ToOne believed turn of the century that each find of Frakmenten is to be led back antique sculptures to breaking these with the time. Rodin used this means now over from the insignificant one to divert. The walking was considered however as disputed work Rodins, since one accused to it,that the movement rather spreading, when actual walking would be. He however understood his work in 2 different ways. It sees work being as criticism of human strength and power in the existence. In addition it would like to show that a Sklulptur, which, an internal movement is static by the connection to the viewer to already obtain can.

The next renewal is the Assemblage, whatever Picasso and further artists of the modern trend inspired. Rodin wanted still expression-stronger with the composition of different objects to something new one Art offer. This kind of the art makes it possible for meanings of individual components of a work of art to assign and thus to the work of art as a whole and also the articles as such meaning and feelings assign.

The “hell gate” is probably considered as the largest work Rodins.Up to 19. Century was sculpture order-related. Rodin received the order for a museum in Paris to arrange a Eingangstür. The museum was built never and the order went lost. Nevertheless Rodin continued to work on the gate (over 30 years).In this work it was inspired by “the göttliche comedy”. The actual function of a door was not lost in its work and the door became any more the Funbktionsobjekt of its art, but actual central motive of its work. The gate is a demarcationfrom the this life to the the other world its. Its motives show different places of hell (see göttliche comedy). Also its “philosopher” emerged as part of the work in the “hell gate”.

Author: A.Natalello

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