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Rodin

[ roh-dan, -dan; French raw-dan ]

noun

  1. (Fran·çois) Au·guste (Re·né) [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, oh-, gyst, , r, uh, -, ney], 1840–1917, French sculptor.


Rodin

/ ɔɛ̃ /

noun

  1. RodinAuguste18401917MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Auguste (oɡyst). 1840–1917, French sculptor, noted for his portrayal of the human form. His works include The Kiss (1886), The Burghers of Calais (1896), and The Thinker (1905)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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But the woman in her sculpture, made early in her tenure working in the busy studio of Auguste Rodin, leaves classicism far behind.

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Her art influenced her titanic mentor, Auguste Rodin.

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There’s a stunning and compact portrait-bust of Rodin, in which the focused concentration of his life-size head seems to rise up out of a tumult below, represented by his lengthy, swirling, thickly tangled beard.

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The couple also showcased their collection of old master paintings, Han dynasty Chinese ceramics and work by van Gogh and Rodin.

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He has called on Salvador Dalí’s melting clocks to underscore a tennis player’s temper tantrum, likened a baseball player to a piece of taxidermy and linked athletes with sculptures by Rodin.

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