Rodin & Eros

Bonafoux, Pascal; Wilson, David H. (Transl.)

ISBN 10: 0500239002 / ISBN 13: 9780500239001

Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2013

About this Item

Hardcover, has mild bumps to the spine ends, and a hint of rubbing to the covers. Overall, a Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has light bumps with some peeling to the spine ends, and mild wear to the cover edges and corners.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rodin & Eros
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500239002
• ISBN 13: 9780500239001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Rodin’s erotic depictions of women in drawings, sculptures, plasters, bronzes, and marbles

The theme of the erotic is ever present in the work of August Rodin, both in his sculptures and in his many drawings. Throughout his career, he depicted sexual desire in all its facets, in every mood from delicate innocence to frank intensity, bearing witness to an endless fascination with the flesh and a love of the female form. Taking a chronological path through Rodin's career, this is an intimate approach to the many faces of sex and sensuality in his body of work and in the society within which his art was forged, from mythological portrayals of passion to the context of contemporary erotic literature. The topics featured include his relationships with women, his friendships with poets and artists, and the controversy that his sculptures caused in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when French society was marked by a hypocritical disparity between public morals and private desires. In a 1916 interview, Rodin spoke out against his critics: "They protest against the immorality of my work, they criticize me for loving women…. But they are incapable of understanding what I do." This witty and insightful book, packed with beautiful images, will shed new light on this intriguing aspect of the artist's world and his skill at capturing the fleeting nature of pleasure in timeless art. 150 color illustrations

About the Author

Pascal Bonafoux is a French writer, novelist, art critic, and art historian, specializing in self-portraiture. He is the author of many books, including Rodin & Eros.