This is a sculpture entitled "Eternal Idol" (1889) by Auguste Rodin.
This is a highly collectible, quality, bonded bronze sculpture.
Guaranteed fully authentic and authorized piece! Absolute Mint Condition, comes new in box! Measures 6" H. x 5" W. x 2.5" L.
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languages.
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The Eternal Idol (1889)
This work's title says it all: female
beauty constituted Rodin's principal source of inspiration. As far as
subject and composition are concerned, he seems to have been influenced
by the sculpture 'Sakountala' that Camille Claudel had modeled some
years earlier. The writer Rainer Maria Rilke wrote the following about
the Eternal Idol: "Always the same...enchanting strength... You dare not
assign a single meaning to it (as is so often the case with Rodin). It
has thousands of meanings". AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)
For a long time the life of the sculptor Rodin was marked by the mixed
reactions his work provoked with the audience. The lack of understanding
for Rodin's work was partly due to the original character of his art.
He felt little for the strict formats of Romanticism and neither did he
want to identify himself with the neutrality of the Impressionists.
Rodin's work is characterized by a passion for the human body and he
considered himself incapable of any creativity if he did not have a
living model in of him. 'In everything I follow nature and I never
pretend I am able to control her. My only ambition is to be subservient
and faithful to her'. He said. Questions about his often controversial,
erotic works were answered with the remark: 'Art is actually nothing
more than a manifestation of lust, which only arises from the potency to
love.'
Rodin's life upheld this belief with a vast succession of
lovers having passed his artistic eye. Many affairs were brief, but one
of them turned out to be of enormous value to his later work; Camille
Claudel. This self-willed, fierce woman, who was a very talented
sculptor herself, inspired him to create his most famous and admired
sculptures. The affair continued for a long time, although Camille had
to put up with Rodin's numerous escapades and his loyal companion Rose
Beuret. Eventually, the affair ended and Camille suffered the dramatic
consequences of this split. She became isolated and confused and in the
end she was forced by her family to have herself admitted to psychiatric
hospital.
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