Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell

177 Pages·2012·10.79 MB·English

by  Auguste Rodin

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The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous cooperation of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Rodin Collection) in supplying from their
collection the photographs of Rodin’s work included in this edition. Dates
included in the captions are those supplied by the Museum. Supplementary
credits to the Museum’s sources apply as follows:
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38 Brother and Sister. Louis E. Stern Collection.
49 The Athlete—Sam White. The Samuel S. White III and Vera White
Collection.
67 Bust of Etienne Clémentel (1864–1936). The W. P. Wilstach Collection.
Table of Contents
DOVER BOOKS ON FINE ART
Title Page
Copyright Page
MEETING RODIN
CHAPTER I - REALISM IN ART
CHAPTER II - TO THE ARTIST ALL IN NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL
CHAPTER III - MODELLING
CHAPTER IV - MOVEMENT IN ART
CHAPTER V - DRAWING AND COLOR
CHAPTER VI - THE BEAUTY OF WOMEN
CHAPTER VII - OF YESTERDAY AND OF TODAY
CHAPTER VIII - THOUGHT IN ART
CHAPTER IX - MYSTERY IN ART
CHAPTER X - PHIDIAS AND MICHELANGELO
CHAPTER XI - AT THE LOUVRE
CHAPTER XII - ON THE USEFULNESS OF THE ARTIST
INDEX