Rodin: Eros and Creativity

Superbly reproduced images of selected sculptures and late drawings by Rodin document his obsession with sexuality, revealing the countless ways he depicted the subject: as a threat and challenge, but also as the source of all creative inspiration and passion. Augmenting these illustrations are essays by leading scholars exploring the ramifications of eros in Rodin's work and his influence on his contemporaries as well as on future artists. In word and image, this volume deepens our understanding of nineteenth century's premier sculptor.

Rainer Crone is Professor of 20th Century Art at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, Germany and Adjunct Professor of Art History at Columbia University. His publications include Andy Warhol, Francesco Clemente, and Paul Klee: Legends of the Sign.

Siegfried Salzmann, Director of the Kunsthalle in Bremen, Germany, has written extensively on 20th-century sculpture, including studies of Brancusi, Giacometti, and Wilhelm Lehmbruck.