Thinker Marble City

Le penseur is a sculpture created by french sculptor auguste rodin.

Thinker marble city.

Some years ago my wife and i toured the ancient sites where st. Sculpture title the thinker artist auguste rodin year 1902 type bronze and marble city paris museum musée rodin the thinker fr. Le penseur is a bronze and marble sculpture by auguste rodin held in the musée rodin in paris it depicts a man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle fact date september 2008 it is often used to represent philosophy. Max c4d unitypackage upk ma usdz fbx sale.

Erwin haas is a retired infectious diseases physician former flight surgeon in vietnam and city commissioner in kentwood mich. The model has several sculptures under rodin s guidance. The thinker was originally called the poet and was conceived as part of the gates of hell initially a commission 1880 for a pair of bronze doors to a planned museum of decorative arts in paris rodin chose for his subject dante s inferno from the divine comedy c. 48 3 4 x 31 1 8 x 25 3 8 in.

This is a list of the thinker sculptures made by auguste rodin. August rodin french 1840 1917. The hand of rodin 1917. Cast plaster with coat of shellac 6 x 9 in.

The thinker originally a part of rodin s the gates of hell exists in several versions the original size and the later monumental size versions were both created by rodin and the most valuable versions are those created under his supervision. Ma fbx obj sale. Le penseur is a bronze sculpture by auguste rodin usually placed on a stone pedestal the work shows a nude male figure of heroic size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought often used as an image to represent philosophy there are about 28 full sized castings in which the figure is about 73 inches high though not all were made. 1308 21 and modeled a series of small clay figures that represented some of the poem s tormented characters.

The plaster model made in 1880 is now in the rodin museum in paris. The thinker marble max c4d unitypackage upk ma usdz fbx. 123 8 x 79 1 x 64 5 cm. The metropolitan museum of art new york gift of thomas f.

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