Le Musée Rodin A Paris
Auguste Rodin lived from Considered the head of modern sculpture Compared to Michaelangelo Not educated at the Ecole de Beaux Arts like most Obsessed with ancient and modern myths, the Bible, the Divine Comedy of Dante, and poems of Baudelaire. Known for lifelike sculptures with internal and external features…very realistic and modeled the human body Began as a decorator →sculptor Visited Italy →Michaelangelo influence Upon death left his studio and works to the govt. Today his home and gardens are the Musée Rodin in Paris!
Le Penseur par Auguste Rodin
Le Penseur en bronze et au jardin du musée
Les Bourgeois de Calais par Rodin
Le secret par Rodin
Le Portail De L’enfer AKA The Gates Of Hell
Balzac par Rodin
Pour les étudiants de 3ème Année….
Le Baiser par Rodin
cc Le Musée Rodin à Paris 1.Le Penseur ( the Thinker) Question : What is the statue thinking about? And what is Rodin, the sculptor, thinking about? _____________________________________ cc 2. Les Bourgeois de Calais Question: Why are the six men so solemn? _____________________________________
cc 3.Le Secret Question: What are the hands holding? ____________________________________ _____________________________________ cc 4.Le Portail de l’Enfer ( Gates of Hell) Question: This was originally made to be a portail (door) for a building. What kind of building??? _____________________________________
cc 5.Balzac Question: How long would you research someone before sculpting them? _____________________________________ cc 6.Inventez votre sculpture originale… Donnez une description de ce que c’est! _____________________________________
cc 7.Le Baiser Question: Why do you think the lips don’t actually touch? _____________________________________ cc 8. Qu’est-ce que tu préfères les sculptures ou les tableaux? Pourquoi? _____________________________________