Description |
xv, 591 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Foreword / Jacques Vilain -- Map of Paris -- pt. 1. 1860-79. 1. A Parisian family in 1860. 2. Maria's vow. 3. Brother Auguste. 4. Independent man. 5. A sculptor's assistant. 6. Brussels and a partnership. 7. Outside the partnership. 8. Michelangelo. 9. The vanquished one. 10. The Paris Salon. 11. The Republic needs monuments -- pt. 2. 1880-89. 12. Why was Rodin commissioned to make the doors? 13. Silence and creativity, 1880-81. 14. Genius in a man's face. 15. The women in Rodin's life. 16. The Burghers of Calais, 1884-89. 17. How the doors for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs became The gates of Hell. 18. In the company of a "woman of genius" -- pt. 3. 1889-98. 19. Monuments to genius : Bastien-Lepage, Claude Lorrain, and Victor Hugo. 20. More monuments to genius : Balzac, the inauguration of Claude Lorrain, and Baudelaire's tomb. 21. Ateliers and assistants. 22. The passion of Camille Claudel. 23. The Société des Gens de Lettres. 24. Learning to say : "It is finished" 25. Victory and defeat: the Hugo and Balzac monuments -- pt. 4. 1899-1917. 26. Becoming an entrepreneur. 27. Outsider's victory. 28. The home of the sculptor. 29. The favors of Edward's court. 30. Teaching Americans about sculpture. 31. Rodin's reputation in France. 32. Sexual imperatives. 33. A new "wife" and a home in the city. 34. Reckonings. 35. The gift. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [559]-566) and index. |
Subject |
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917.
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Sculptors -- France -- Biography.
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ISBN |
0300064985 paperback |
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9780300064988 paperback |
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