Rodin's Life

Author: Sheng Chao
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Auguste Rodin, a French sculptor. At the age of fourteen, he studied painting under LecogdeBoisbaudran, later learned sculpture from Bartholdi, and served as an assistant to Carrier-Belleuse. He spent five years creating decorative sculptures in Brussels, Belgium. In 1875, he traveled to Italy and was deeply inspired by Michelangelo's works, which helped establish his realistic artistic approach. His works such as "The Age of Bronze," "The Thinker," "Hugo," "The Burghers of Calais," and "Balzac" introduced new innovations and were once criticized by the French academic school. The design of "The Gates of Hell," which included 186 sculptures, was never fully realized due to official opposition at the time, with only parts like "The Thinker," "The Kiss," and "Eve" being completed. Even during his time, Rodin was revered as an exception. His temperament was impulsive and volatile, and the passion he infused into his human sculptures always radiated a primal, untamed force. No one could match his ability to so delicately and passionately express the "thousand words". When you stand before his sculptures, you can indeed hear the breath, the entire human form breathes, every small part breathes, and they come together to cleanse your eardrums. Close your eyes, and you can't help but listen.