Rodin's Art - Elsen, A.E.
The Rodin Collection of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center of Visual Arts at Stanford University
KORTE INHOUD
The late Albert Elsen was the first American scholar to study seriously the work of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the person most responsible for a revival of interest in the artist as a modern innovator--after years during which the sculpture had been dismissed as so much Victorian bathos. After a fortuitous meeting with the financier, philanthropist, and art collector B. Gerald Cantor, Elsen helped Cantor to build up a major collection of Rodin's work. A large part of this collection, consisting of more than 200 pieces, was donated to the Stanford Museum by Mr. Cantor, who died recently. In size it is surpassed only the by the Musee Rodin in Paris and rivaled only by the collection in Philadelphia. In scope the collection is unique in having been carefully selected to present a balanced view of Rodin's work throughout his life.Rodin's Art encompasses a lifetime's thoughts on Rodin's career, surveying the artist's accomplishments through the detailed discussion of each object in the collection. It w...
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2003Uitgever: Oxford University Press, USA662 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0195133811ISBN-13: 9780195133813Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2003 Oxford University Press, softcover 662 pages, with the 204 sculptures of Rodin in the collection of the Stanford University. Each sculpture in detail with text ISBN 9780195133813 In very good condition
