Description |
xiv, 175 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Pt. 1. The history of The thinker to 1900 -- The thinker as a work of art -- The early history of The thinker -- The thinker and The gates of hell -- Critical reaction to The thinker before 1889 -- The thinker and Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal -- The first Paris exhibition of The thinker -- Critical reaction to The thinker, 1889-1900 -- Who is The thinker within The gates of hell? -- pt. 2. The dilemmas of modern public sculpture -- Enlarging and casting The thinker -- The 1904 Paris debut of the enlarged Thinker -- Installing The thinker in public -- The thinker as a social symbol -- The dilemmas of modern public sculpture -- Rodin, Rose and the thinker -- pt. 3. Exploitation of The thinker -- What has been done to The thinker's body -- What The thinker is thinking about -- The effect of The thinker's exploitation -- Coda: Last thoughts on The thinker |
Analysis |
French sculptures Rodin, Auguste Thinker - Critical studies |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-175) and index |
Subject |
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Thinker.
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Public opinion -- France.
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Public sculpture -- France -- Public opinion.
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Public sculpture, French -- Public opinion.
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LC no. |
85000626 |
ISBN |
0300033346 (alk. paper) |
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0300036523 (paperback) |
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