The theme of the erotic is ever present in the work of Auguste Rodin, both in his sculptures and in his many drawings. Throughout his career, he depicted sexual desire in all its facets, in every mood from delicate innocence to frank intensity, bearing witness to an endless fascination with the flesh and a love of the female form. Taking a chronological path through Rodin’s life, this is an intimate approach to the many faces of sex and sensuality in his body of work and in the society within which his art was forged. The text discusses his relationships with women, his friendships with poets and artists, and the controversy that his sculptures caused in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when French society was marked by a hypocritical disparity between public morals and private desires. This witty and perceptive book, packed with beautiful images, will shed new light on this intriguing aspect of the artist’s world and his skill at capturing the fleeting nature of pleasure in timeless art.
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Surveys Rodin's erotic depictions of women in drawings, sculptures, plasters, bronzes and marble The theme of the erotic is ever present in the work of Auguste Rodin, both in his sculptures and in his many drawings. Throughout his career, he depicted sexual desire in all its facets, in every mood from delicate innocence to frank intensity, bearing witness to an endless fascination with the flesh and a love of the female form.
Taking a chronological path through Rodin's career, this is an intimate approach to the many faces of sex and sensuality in his body of work and in the society within which his art was forged. The text discusses his relationships with women, his friendships with poets and artists, and the controversy that his sculptures caused in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when French society was marked by a hypocritical disparity between public morals and private desires. This witty and perceptive book, packed with beautiful images, will shed new light on this intriguing aspect of the artist's world and his skill at capturing the fleeting nature of pleasure in timeless art.
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1st edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Physical description: 271 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm. Notes: "With 156 illustrations, 140 in colour." Original edition published in 2012 in Paris by La Martinie ère. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction and instructions for use -- A lesson how to read a sculpture -- Red 1871 -- The kiss a landmark work -- Heresy 1871 -- Modesty 1877 -- Shunga 1877 -- Ideal 1880 -- Hell 1881 -- Sin 1882 -- Sacher-Masoch 1882 -- Liberty 1882 -- Bodies 1884 -- Fauns 1884 -- Dante 1885 -- Aurora 1885 -- Frogs 1885 -- Lust 1885 -- Beauty 1885 -- Virginity 1885 -- Ho ôtel de Biron 1885 -- Lovers 1886 -- Substance 1887 -- Desire 1888 -- Metamorphosis 1889 -- Titles 1890 -- References 1891 -- Masturbation 1891 -- Flesh 1891 -- Shell 1896 -- Buttocks 1899 -- Clitoris 1900 -- Bilitis 1900 -- Sappho 1900 -- Vagina 1900 -- Imprints 1904 -- Leaves 1905 -- Dancers 1906 -- Shadows 1908 -- Ladies of society 1908 -- Pygmalion 1909 -- Venus 1910 -- Sketches 1911.Subjects: Rodin, Auguste 1840-1917 Criticism and interpretation. Sculpture, French 19th century. Sex in art. Erotic sculpture, French. Art and Design. Genre: Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 336842
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