I Am Beautiful (Rodin)
I Am Beautiful | |
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French: Je suis belle | |
Artist | Auguste Rodin |
Year | 1882 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Bronze |
Dimensions | 69.4 cm × 36 cm × 36 cm (27.3 in × 14.1 in × 14.1 in) |
Location | Dallas Museum of Art, Texas |
I Am Beautiful, also known as The Abduction,[1] is a sculpture of 1882 by the French artist Auguste Rodin, inspired in a fragment from Charles Baudelaire's collection of poems Les Fleurs du mal.
Gates of Hell
The sculpture appears in the
Exhibition
I Am Beautiful was part of an exhibition at the Georges Petit Gallery in 1886, where it caused commotion due to its audacity: the union of the aforementioned pieces forms a symbolic expression of joy and passion that could not be achieved by its component parts, showcasing both suffering—in a figure that folds unto itself—and an excess of reach in an overextended figure.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Musée Rodin. "I am beautiful". Musée Rodin, official website. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ^ Musée Rodin. "I am beautiful". Musée Rodin, official website. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-78310-228-0.
- ISBN 9786077805182.
External links
- Media related to I am beautiful by Auguste Rodin at Wikimedia Commons