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Rodin
Bernard Champigneulle
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Description for Rodin
Paperback. Rodin's sculpture was in defiance of academic conventions but in later life he became a famous and widely respected figure. This work reappraises his achievement, analyzes his significance as an innovator, and gives an account of his personality and life. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 132 illustrations, 16 in colour. BIC Classification: 1D; AFK; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
Auguste Rodin, the greatest sculptor of the 19th century, is also widely considered to be the greatest since Michelangelo, whose genius was a lifelong inspiration to him. Though the astonishingly life-like quality of his sculpture was in defiance of academic conventions, Rodin did not have to face the prolonged and bitter hostility meted out to the Impressionist painters who were his contemporaries, and in later life he became a famous and widely respected figure.
Bernard Champigneulle analyses Rodin’s significance as an innovator in sculpture. For Rodin created an entirely new form — the detail considered as a finished work ... Read more
Auguste Rodin, the greatest sculptor of the 19th century, is also widely considered to be the greatest since Michelangelo, whose genius was a lifelong inspiration to him. Though the astonishingly life-like quality of his sculpture was in defiance of academic conventions, Rodin did not have to face the prolonged and bitter hostility meted out to the Impressionist painters who were his contemporaries, and in later life he became a famous and widely respected figure.
Bernard Champigneulle analyses Rodin’s significance as an innovator in sculpture. For Rodin created an entirely new form — the detail considered as a finished work ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Series
World of Art S.
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500200612
SKU
9780500200612
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About Bernard Champigneulle
Bernard Champigneulle was vice president of the Association de Critiques d’Art and a member of the Comité de la Presse Artistique. John Maxwell Brownjohn is a British literary translator.He has translated more than 160 books, and won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation three times and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize once.
Reviews for Rodin
'M. Champigneulle wins out… by the quality of heartfelt and lifelong experience which he brings to the narrative' - Sunday Times 'Beautifully written, well translated and coherent narrative' - The Artist