A Philadelphia museum devoted to this "Thinker" sculptor has a bronze cast of his "Burghers of Calais"
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Rodin Museum : The Collection  Auguste Rodin, c.1879 (Etienne Carjat & Co carte de visite, Philadelphia Museum of Art, curatorial files). ... But few who recognize Rodin's sculptures have failed to be moved by them. ... materials such as bronze, marble, plaster, and clay, illustrate his respect for sculptural tradition and his desire to .... The Burghers of Calais
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The Burghers of Calais - Wikipedia  Type, Bronze. Dimensions, 201.6 cm  205.4 cm  195.9 cm ( 79 38 in  80 78 in  77 18 in). Location, Calais, France. Coordinates, 50578.24N 15112.65E / 50.9522889N 1.8535139E / 50.9522889; 1.8535139. Les Bourgeois de Calais is one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin. ... Only later was his vision realized, when the sculpture was moved in front of...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art - About Us : Press Room : Press ...  Apr 2, 1997 ... The Rodin Museum opened its doors in 1929, and has been cared for and ... one of the most distinguished museums devoted to the work of a single artist. ... a cast of The Burghers of Calais (1884-95), as well as The Thinker ... work that was cast in bronze for the first time at Mastbaum's request, guards the...
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Auguste Rodin - Wikipedia  Franois Auguste Ren Rodin (12 November 1840  17 November 1917), known as Auguste ... His sculptures suffered a decline in popularity after his death in 1917, but within a few .... by the state for 2,200 francs  what it had cost Rodin to have it cast in bronze. ..... Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Rodin's The Thinker | Cleveland Museum of Art  Of these, fewer than ten were cast and patinated during his lifetime. ... Ohio, where it sits directly in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art. This cast was acquired ... After its first exhibition, a public petition was circulated to have the 72" sculpture .... Commissioned sculptural groups like the Burghers of Calais and the Gates of...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Audio Tours  Take a self-guided tour of objects in the collections, anytime you want. ... Stop 914 Japanese Tea House and Garden ..... Explore the largest public collection of works, outside of Paris, by the celebrated ..... Stop 333 Rodin, Auguste The Thinker.
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The Writers' Museum - Edinburgh Museums - Edinburgh Museums  The Writers' Museum celebrates the lives of three great Scottish writers  Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Visitors can see portraits,...
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AcTiviTies foR The clAssRoom - Philadelphia Museum of Art  For more information on Rodin and his work, please refer to the Background ... Photocopy the worksheet (either in French or English) and cut the emotion .... by Augustus Saint-Gaudens; and The Statue of Liberty (1886) by Frdric ... self-sacrifice or heroism in The Burghers of Calais, creative thought in The Thinker,.
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1000+ ideas about Penseur on Pinterest  The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin. ... This can be found by going to Musee Rodin- a art museum in Paris 6 euros .... but we have a fear of looking inward to ourselves because we sense that is where ..... The Eternal Idol (Eternelle Idole) 1889-1890 Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Musee...
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Daniel Chester French: The Lincoln Memorial - Douglas Yeo  This page contains photographic images of sculptor Daniel Chester French's ... on the obverse of the American penny (and, seen faintly on the penny, French's statue ... Henry Bacon to design the memorial which was to house a statue of Lincoln. ... the design for the statue in 1915, making many bronze and plaster models.
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The Gate of Calais - Revolvy  The Gate of Calais or O, the Roast Beef of Old England is a 1748 painting by ... Two soldiers in sabots can be seen carrying a cauldron of the grey unappetising soup. ... the patriotic spirit of the British by asking them to pay as much for a work by .... Hogarth was well known for his satirical works, and The March of the Guards...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art - About Us : Press Room : Press ...  Apr 2, 1997 ... Some background on the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia. ... one of the most distinguished museums devoted to the work of a single artist. ... well as The Thinker (1902-04), which greets visitors outside the Museum's entrance on ... for the first time at Mastbaum's request, guards the entrance to the Museum.
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Rodin Museum : The Collection  Auguste Rodin, c.1879 (Etienne Carjat & Co carte de visite, Philadelphia ... forms, introducing innovative practices that paved the way for modern sculpture. ... Honor de Balzac, and for his unfinished projects, most famously The Gates of Hell. ... of bronze doors for a new museum in Paris to be devoted to the decorative arts.
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1000+ ideas about Penseur on Pinterest | The Thinker, Libre ...  See more about The Thinker, Libre Penseur and Auguste Rodin. ... I even made a rustic snow sculpture on my front lawn of The Thinker when I was in my teens.
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Attica Tidbit #4 ~ Horatio Nelson - JOHNNY DEPP ZONE  Aug 20, 2009 ... In addition, he was Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe .... Famous even while alive, after his death he was lionized like almost no ... The monumental Nelson's Column and the surrounding Trafalgar Square are notable ... bronze lions sculpted by Sir Edwin Landseer; the metal used is said to...
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House of Auguste Rodin at Meudon - Save With The Paris Pass  Built in the style of Louis XIII the Maison d'Auguste Rodin a Meudon villa on the ... of his most famous works, including such sculptures as Balzac, the Gates of Hell, and the Kiss. ... the gaze of perhaps his most famous sculpture 'The Thinker', is the tomb of Rodin. ... So go ahead and buy one and enjoy your Paris experience.
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Statue.com  The Thinker by Rodin Sculpture  The Thinker, Rodin, rodin reproductions, classical Statuary. ... Rodin's most famous sculptures is The Thinker Statue, a piece originally ... Initially named the The Poet, The Thinker statue was intended to represent ... crouching position allows the statue to survey the work with a contemplative feel. ... Thinker Lifesize in Bronze...
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Full text of "Catalogue of the paintings, statuary, casts, bronzes, &c ...  On the west side it opens into the Hall of Bronzes, &c., 61^x19 feet. .... Cast of a Fragment of a Winged Figure in Marble in the Vatican. ..... with the method of the Greek sculptors, when represented alongside of men, are ...... save the fallen curule chair, the base of Pompey's statue, and the stony stare of ...... Chester A. Arthur.
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Rodin Museum - Wikipedia  The Rodin Museum is an art museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which contains the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris. ... The best-known of Rodin's works, The Thinker (18801882), sits outside the museum in ... The museum's several rooms house many more of the artist's works,...
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Rodin, The Burghers of Calais | Sculpture | Realism, Impressionism ...  Auguste Rodin, The Burghers of Calais, bronze, 1884-95 (Muse Rodin, ... In 1885, Rodin was commissioned by the French city of Calais to create a ... For example, Rodin's later sculpture Monument to Balzac (1891-97), where the French...
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12 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Thinker' | Mental Floss  Apr 10, 2015 ... Few sculptures are as iconic as Auguste Rodin's The Thinker. ... The depiction of a nude man hunched over in apparent thought was originally part of Rodin's ... Rodin experimented with a plaster cast version of his Gates of Hell standout. ... THESE BIGGER sculptures marked a major comeback for Rodin.