Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was already an old man when the young poet Rainer Maria Rilke went to interview him for the first time. Rilke stayed on to work as Rodin's secretary. Intensely sensitive to art, and in particular to the irreducible power of objects, and yet able to express this awareness in prose of great lyricism and clarity, Rilke was destined to be the critic who would most naturally dramatise Rodin's work. In 1903 Rilke published this essay, a sustained and profound meditation on the unique power of Rodin's sculpture that has never been equalled. Written around a chronology of Rodin's work, it is also a very approachable introduction to some of the greatest sculpture of the nineteenth century.
| ISBN: | 9781843680314 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2006 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Publisher: | Pallas Athene |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Lives of the Artists |
| Genres: |
Individual artists, art monographs Sculpture |
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was already an old man when the young poet Rainer Maria Rilke went to interview him for the first time. Rilke stayed on to work as Rodin's secretary. Intensely sensitive to art, and in particular to the irreducible power of objects, and yet able to express this awareness in prose of great lyricism and clarity, Rilke was destined to be the critic who would most naturally dramatise Rodin's work. In 1903 Rilke published this essay, a sustained and profound meditation on the unique power of Rodin's sculpture that has never been equalled. Written around a chronology of Rodin's work, it is also a very approachable introduction to some of the greatest sculpture of the nineteenth century.
Auguste Rodin features in the following genres: Individual artists, art monographs, Sculpture
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Auguste Rodin was written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by Pallas Athene
Auguste Rodin has 96 pages
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