''The Age of Bronze'' (french: L'Âge d'airain) is a

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by the

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sculptor

Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...

(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

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). The pose partly derives from

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's '' Dying Slave'' in the Louvre Museum, which has the elbow raised above the head. The Age Of Bronze (Auguste Rodin)

History

When the statue was first exhibited at the 1877

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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. Casts of the statue can be found in many museums, including:

Gallery

File:Marconi, Gaudenzio - Il gesso de L'age d'arain di Rodin 1877 01.jpg, Plaster from 1877 File:Age of bronze plaster.jpg, Plaster, detail File:La edad de bronce.jpg, Bronze cast File:LAge dairain dAuguste Rodin (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon) (5472135320).jpg, Bronze cast from 1876/1877 in Lyon File:Rodin ottawa.jpg, Detail of the bronze cast in the National Gallery of Canada, cast in 1901

References

Bibliography

* Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette; Judrin, Claude; Vassalo, I. (1997). ''Vers l'âge d'airain, Rodin en Belgique: Exposition''. Paris: Musée Rodin editions. .

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Age of Bronze, The 1877 sculptures Sculptures of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Sculptures of the Musée d'Orsay Collections of the National Gallery of Canada Sculptures of the Victoria and Albert Museum Sculptures of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Sculptures by Auguste Rodin Sculptures of the Musée Rodin Sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie

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Metalwork of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Sculptures of the Cleveland Museum of Art Collections of the National Gallery of Art Collections of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm Sculptures of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

History

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