Rodin's Art: The Rodin Collection of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center of Visual Arts at Stanford University - Softcover

Elsen, The Late Albert E.; Jamison, Rosalyn Frankel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195133811 ISBN 13: 9780195133813

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 Musée 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 will begin with essays on the formation of the collection, the reception of Rodin's work, and his casting techniques. The entries that follow are arranged topically and include extensive discussions of Rodin's major projects.

About this title

About the Author:

Albert E. Elsen is at Stanford University. Bernard Barryte is at Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University.

Review:

"The last large collection of Rodin's work created in the United States, that at Stanford University, attests to the passionate admiration for the artist that Albert Elsen shared with B. Gerald Cantor. The passion represented by the collection will from now on be inseparable from the scholarship disseminated in this catalogue which represents the culmination of a lifetime of research."--Antoinette LeNormand-Romain, chief curator of the Musee Rodin, Paris

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0195133811
• ISBN 13: 9780195133813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 680
• Editor: Barryte Bernard