Rodin: Photographs by Emmanuel Berry

In this slipcased volume, French photographer Emmanuel Berry interprets the expressive power of Auguste Rodin's (1840-1917) artworks with his gorgeous black-and-white photographic studies, scrutinising his techniques and redeploying photography as a "cutting" tool to reveal Rodin's work in a new light. Widely deemed the father of modern sculpture, Rodin was one of the first artists to understand the importance of photography in order to better promote his sculptures.Despite early rejection by the French art academies, he built a career focused on depicting the human form, through the use of materials such as bronze, marble, plaster and clay, and by 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Rodin is best known for his artworks "The Kiss" (1884), "The Thinker" (1880) and "The Age of Bronze" (1876).
ISBN 9782365111058. Editions Xavier Barral. Hardback with slip case. 120 pages. 49 duotone. 23 x 31 cm..
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