Showing posts with label Rodin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rodin. Show all posts

Saturday, April 16, 2011

#299 Ten

The Thinker by Auguste Rodin outside the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia. Rodin's representations of feet seemed overly large to me, not just on this sculpture but on all of his statues. Easy to catch ten toes!
Young thinkers pose for the camera in front of the museum. They were impressed with the collection. The grounds are undergoing a huge overhaul. It will be elegant when finished!

Friday, April 15, 2011

#137 Hands

Cathedral Hands (1908) by Auguste Rodin at the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia. The two right hands "shape the void into a Gothic arch."

Thursday, April 14, 2011

#127 Gates

The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
The Gates of Hell (French: ''La Porte de l'Enfer'') is a monumental sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from "The Inferno", the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It stands at 6 m high, 4 m wide and 1 m deep (19.69'H × 13.12'W × 3.29'D) and contains 180 figures. The figures range from 15 cm high up to more than one metre. Several of the figures were also cast independently by Rodin. (from Wikipedia)

The detail on this sculpture is amazing and the photo does no justice to the sculpture's size.