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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.
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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 ...
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
Paris’ Rodin Museum is using casts of famous works created by renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin — best known for “The Thinker” and “The Kiss” — to construct new pieces, reported France24.
The Thinker in the Gates at the Musée Rodin Detail of the Kneeling Female Faun in the tympanum. The original sculptures were enlarged and became works of art of their own. The Thinker (Le Penseur), also called The Poet, is located above the door panels. One interpretation suggests that it might represent Dante looking down to the characters in ...
While The Thinker most obviously characterizes Dante, aspects of the Biblical Adam, the mythological Prometheus, [17] and Rodin himself have been ascribed to him. [40] [41] Other observers de-emphasize the apparent intellectual theme of The Thinker, stressing the figure's rough physicality and the emotional tension emanating from it. [42]
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