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This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) The Thinker in front of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia This is a list of The Thinker sculptures made by Auguste Rodin. The Thinker, originally a part of Rodin's The Gates of Hell, exists in several versions. The original size and the later monumental size versions were both created by Rodin, and the most valuable ...
The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation.
Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom. Soon, he stopped working at the porcelain factory in 1882; [20] his income came from private commissions. [21]
Musée Rodin, Paris 35,5 x 36,5 x 30 More images: Brother and Sister: 1890 Bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 38.1 x 21.6 x 20.3 More images: Toilette of Venus and Andromeda [52] 1890 Bronze Musée Rodin, Paris More images: Toilette of Venus [53] 1890 Bronze Musée Rodin, Paris More images: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: 1890 Bronze
The company's name was chosen because, at that time, Nashville was in the southwestern part of the United States. Founded by the Baptist minister James Robinson Graves , Southwestern originally published The Tennessee Baptist , [ 3 ] a Southern Baptist newspaper, and religious booklets which were sold by mail for 20¢ and 30¢ each.
Nashville is in the midst of an affordable housing shortfall. A 2021 government report stated that in order to meet demand, 52,498 units would need to be created by 2030, requiring a significant ...
Real estate developer John Loar helped start Music City Baseball in 2019, an organization working to land one of baseball’s new expansion teams and name it the Nashville Stars, in tribute to a ...
The Thinker from Yehud is an archaeological figurine discovered during salvage excavations in the Israeli city of Yehud. The figurine, which sits atop a ceramic jug in a posture resembling Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker," dates back to the Middle Bronze Age II (c. 1800–1600 BCE). It was found in a tomb accompanied by various items ...