Rodin Bernard Champigneulle [translated from the French by J. Maxwell Brownjohn]

By:

Champigneulle, Bernard, 1896-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The world of art libraryPublication details: London Thames and Hudson 1967 Description: 287p. illISBN:

0500200610

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

730.92 ROD

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	730.92 ROD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002000395658

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Rodin's sculpture was in defiance of academic conventions but in later life he became a famous and widely respected figure. This work reappraises his achievement, analyzes his significance as an innovator, and gives an account of his personality and life.

Includes index

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Foreword (p. 7)
Chapter 1 The silent schoolboy (p. 9)
Chapter 2 Hard times (p. 27)
Chapter 3 Art and craftsmanship (p. 43)
Chapter 4 The Burghers of Calais (p. 69)
Chapter 5 ;I produce slowly' (p. 103)
Chapter 6 The Divine Comedy (p. 127)
Chapter 7 Songs of love (p. 151)
Chapter 8 La Comedie humaine (p. 171)
Chapter 9 The Villa des Brillants (p. 199)
Chapter 1 The Cathedrals (p. 223)
Chapter 11 Poor little flower of the field (p. 233)
Chapter 12 The Hotel Biron (p. 247)
Chapter 13 The great shade (p. 265)
Chapter 14 Posthumous fame (p. 275)
Notes (p. 277)
List of Illustrations (p. 279)
Index (p. 285)