COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0022373
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aahi0022373
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Work Title (display):
Head of the Thinker
Work Title (variant):
Tête du Penseur
Work Dates (display):
1880-1882
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Work Creator gender:
male
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male
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Work Creator notes (display):
French sculptor and draughtsman. He is the only sculptor of the modern age regarded in his lifetime and afterwards to be on a par with Michelangelo. Both made images with widespread popular appeal, and both stressed the materiality of sculpture. Rodin's most famous worksthe Age of Bronze, The Thinker, The Kiss, the Burghers of Calais and Honoré de Balzacare frequently reproduced outside a fine-art context to represent modern attitudes that require poses and encounters freed from allegory, idealization and propriety. The Rodin mythology embraces the artist's faith in the spiritual dignity of individuals that direct scrutiny can reveal; this is at its most blatant in Rodin's portraits of French heroes such as Balzac and Victor Hugo, presented naked and vulnerable. His numerous biographers dwell on his rise from humble origins and his struggle to be accepted by the juries arbitrating entry to the Salon and to be awarded government commissions. Also part of the myth are the fidelity of Rose Beuret, his companion of 50 years; his brazen sexuality; and the unprecedented international fame Rodin acquired after 1900. Set outside this familiar story is the artist who has appealed to people with an enthusiasm for the landmarks of avant-garde sculpture and life drawing. A massive legacy of extremely experimental and intimate studieson paper, in plaster, some merely fragments, some not published until the 1980shave helped contradict the criticism that Rodin's mature work was compromised by rather dull copies of popular works realized by his large workshop. Because he encouraged the reproduction and dissemination of his works in bronze and marble editions, Rodin is represented in many public and private collections. The largest collection of his worksdrawings as well as sculptureis in the Musée Rodin, Paris. Many of his original plasters are in the Musée Rodin, Meudon. (Grove Art Online Accessed 2007-07-25)
Work Style Period:
19th century
work_styleperiod
19th century
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false
Work Subject:
heads (representations)
subject
heads (representations)
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false
Work Subject:
sculptures (visual works)
subject
sculptures (visual works)
Work Subject
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Work Worktype:
sculpture (visual works)
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sculpture (visual works)
Work Worktype
false
Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
work_category__ucbaahvrc_classification_
sculptures and installations
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
terracotta
Work Measurements (display):
15.6 cm (H) x 11.5 cm (W) x 10.1 cm (D)
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
Musée Rodin
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
repository
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Paris, France
Work Location (Geographic) role:
repositoryLocation
Image Source Reproduction citation:
Chevillot, Catherine, et al. Rodin - Giacometti. Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2019.
image_source_copy_from_print_name
Chevillot, Catherine, et al. Rodin - Giacometti. Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2019.
Image Source Reproduction citation
false
Image Source Reproduction refid:
978-2-88443-168-2
Image Source Reproduction page number:
125
Image Source Reproduction plate-figure number:
57
Image Source Reproduction refid type:
ISBN
Image Rights (display):
© Musée Rodin
Image Rights fair use checklist:
1) use of this image/media is for education and educational research; 2) access is restricted to University of Colorado users; 3) the original photographer/creator is credited if known; 4) the image/media is published; 5) the amount of the work in relation to the whole is needed for education or educational research; 6) the image/media has not been found to be reasonably available for sale; 7) duplication of the image/media does not violate preexisting contracts.
Work Rights (display):
public domain
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Holding Institution:
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Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
Subcollection:
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