The Age of Bronze
The Age of Bronze | |
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French: L'âge d'airain | |
Artist | Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) |
Year | 1877 (first exhibited) |
Type | Statue |
Medium | Bronze |
Dimensions | Life size |
The Age of Bronze (
sculptor Auguste Rodin
(1840–1917). The figure is of a life-size nude male, 72 in. (182.9 cm) high. Rodin continued to produce casts of the statue for several decades after it was modelled in 1876.
Rodin had a Belgian soldier pose for the statue, keeping photographs which survive (in the
Louvre Museum, which has the elbow raised above the head.[citation needed
]
History
When the statue was first exhibited at the 1877 Salon in Paris, France, Rodin was falsely accused of having made the statue by casting a living model, a charge that was vigorously denied. This charge benefited Rodin, though, because people were so eager to see this for themselves.[citation needed]
Casts
Casts of the statue can be found in many museums, including:
Gallery
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Plaster from 1877
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Plaster, detail
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Bronze cast
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Bronze cast from 1876/1877 in Lyon
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Detail of the bronze cast in the National Gallery of Canada, cast in 1901
See also
References
- ^ "L'Age D'Airain (Age Of Bronze) > Search Our Fine Art Collection > Collection > Albright-Knox Art Gallery".
- ^ "Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek by Brian McMorrow".
- ^ "Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark".
- ^ "Nationalmuseum, Stockholm".
- ^ fr:Lycée Rodin
- ^ "05 Auguste Rodin (France) - MIDDELHEIM MUSEUM". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Musée d'Orsay: Auguste Rodin The Bronze Age".
- ^ "The Age of Bronze - Rodin Museum".
- ^ Database (undated). "Auguste Rodin" Archived June 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Nasher Sculpture Center. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Auguste Rodin - The Age of Bronze - Collection - The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo".
- ^ "[ID:7584] 青銅時代 : 収蔵品情報 - 収蔵品データベース - 東京藝術大学大学美術館".
- ^ "Profile of Works - TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM".
- ^ "On Display in QAG Sculpture Garden".
- ^ "Chrysler Museum European Painting and Sculpture Collection".
Bibliography
- Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette; Judrin, Claude; Vassalo, I. (1997). Vers l'âge d'airain, Rodin en Belgique: Exposition. Paris: ISBN 978-2-901428-60-2.
External links
- The Age of Bronze, Analysis and Critical Reception
- The Age of Bronze at the Musée Rodin
- The Age of Bronze at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Media related to The Bronze Age by Auguste Rodin at Wikimedia Commons