AUGUST RODIN

CONTENTS

PREFACE 17

I. 20

YOUTH AND EARLY WORK OF RODIN – HIS FIRST ATTEMPTS; HIS TIME AT CARRIER’S – HIS STAY IN BRUSSELS AND WORK THERE – “THE AGE OF BRASS” AT THE SALON OF 1877; THE INCIDENT ARISING IN REGARD TO IT – THE “ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST”; BEGINNING OF RODIN’S REPUT A TION

II. 28

RODIN’S STUDIO – HIS WORKS FROM 1880 TO 1889 – “EVE”; SOME BUSTS; THE MONUMENT TO VICTOR HUGO – “THE GATE OF HELL” – “THE DANAID” – THE “THOUGHT” – THE EXHIBITION OF CLAUDE MONET AND RODIN, IN 1889 – THE MONUMENT TO CLAUDE LORRAINE AT NANCY (1892) – “THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS” (1888-1895)

III. 60

RODIN’S WORK FROM 1895 TO 1898 – SMALL GROUPS – THE STATUE OF “BALZAC” – THE INCIDENT OF THE SOCIÉTÉ DES GENS DE LETTRES – THE “TECHNIQUE” OF THE “BALZAC” – RODIN’S IDEAS UPON MODELLING AND COMPOSITION – HIS OPINIONS ABOUT THE GREEKS, THE 

GOTHIC STYLE, CLASSICISM, AND MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECTS – RODIN’S “ANTIQUE” PERIOD

IV. 83

WORKS SINCE THE “BALZAC” – SMALL WORKS IN MARBLE – PLAN OF THE MONUMENT TO LABOUR – DRAWINGS AND ETCHINGS

V. 95

RODIN’S PRIVATE LIFE – HIS PERSON, STUDIO, AND HOME – HIS INFLUENCE; SCULPTORS INSPIRED BY HIS IDEAS – RODIN’S PLACE IN THE FRENCH SCHOOL – HIS PRESENT POSITION IN RESPECT TO ACADEMIC SCULPTURE

VI. 122

APPENDIX – CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF RODIN’S PRINCIPAL WORKS – LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL BOOKS OR ARTICLES WRITTEN ABOUT HIM – QUOTATIONS REFERRING TO HIM – AN OPINION OF EUGÈNE CARRIÈRE’S; AN OPINION OF HENLEY’S – VARIOUS NOTES