The Thinker Auguste Rodin 1840 -1917 The thinker -The Poet. at Rodin museum. is a photograph by Cyril Jayant which was uploaded on May 16th, 2021.
The Thinker Auguste Rodin 1840 -1917 The thinker -The Poet. at Rodin museum.
The Thinker was entitled The Poet. He represented Dante, author of the Divine Comedy which had inspired The Gates, leaning forward to observe the... more
by Cyril Jayant
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The Thinker Auguste Rodin 1840 -1917 The thinker -The Poet. at Rodin museum.
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Cyril Jayant
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Photograph - Canvas Prints.
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The Thinker was entitled The Poet. He represented Dante, author of the Divine Comedy which had inspired The Gates, leaning forward to observe the circles of Hell, while meditating on his work. The Thinker was therefore initially both a being with a tortured body, almost a damned soul, and a free-thinking man, determined to transcend his suffering through poetry. The pose of this figure owes much to Carpeaux’s Ugolino (1861) and to the seated portrait of Lorenzo de’ Medici carved by Michelangelo (1526-31).
While remaining in place on the monumental Gates of Hell, The Thinker was exhibited individually in 1888 and thus became an independent work. Enlarged in 1904, its colossal version proved even more popular: this image of a man lost in thought, but whose powerful body suggests a great capacity for action, has become one of the most celebrated sculptures ever known. Numerous casts exist worldwide, including the one now in the gardens of the Musée Rodin, a gift to the City of Paris installed outside the Panthéon in 1906, and another in the gardens of Rodin’s house in Meudon, on the tomb of the sculptor and his wife.
Fine art photography of "The Thinker" at Rodin museum in Paris by Cyril Jayant Photography.
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May 16th, 2021
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