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Rodin removed the projecting figures from the first version of the Gates exhibited at the Pavillon de l’Alma in 1900, thereby toning down the contrasts. This plaster work was transported to Meudon in February 1901, returned to the Dépôt des Marbres in 1904, and finally taken back to Meudon around 1911-1912 to be placed in the reconstructed Pavillon de l’Alma.
14 ott 2023 · Email: tomgurney1@gmail.com / Phone: +44 7429 011000. Auguste Rodin's Gates of Hell fused together hundreds of individual sculptures to form a breathtaking piece that the artist continued to draw inspiration from for the rest of his life. The Gates of Hell achieved an almost organic status, with many additions being removed or amended, often ...
In 1880 Rodin was commissioned to create a set of bronze doors for a new museum in Paris. Inspired by <i>The Divine Comedy</i>, written by Dante Alighieri (Italian, c. 1265–1324), Rodin planned to decorate the doors with characters that Dante met on his fictional journey through hell. The sculptor eventually discarded the idea of a strict narrative and instead created a weightless, chaotic ...
Rodin, the Gates of Hell: With José Ferrer. Auguste Rodin's masterpiece The Gates of Hell is an epic achievement: a massive portal to Hades inspired by Dante's Inferno, its towering doors covered with nearly 200 individual figures.
Now Rodin lovers may download the Foundation’s award-winning film, Rodin: The Gates of Hell directly from Amazon. The 53-minute film, produced by Iris Cantor in 1981 and winner of numerous prestigious accolades, has been newly digitized and color- and sound-corrected, so that today’s audiences will see the recounting of the Rodin story as beautifully as it was first told years ago by Mrs ...
Rodin, The Gates of Hell. Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell , 1880-1917, plaster (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker When the building, earlier on the site of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, was destroyed by fire during the Commune in 1871, plans were drawn up to replace it with a museum of decorative arts.
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Auguste Rodin's masterpiece The Gates of Hell is an epic achievement: a massive portal to Hades inspired by Dante's Inferno, its towering doors covered with nearly 200 individual figures. This award-winning film chronicles Rodin's struggles and sacrifices in creating a monumental work of art - and the extraordinary modern-day effort to give it the final form he envisioned.
