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BELVEDERE TIBURON LIBRART 3 liii 01370 7821 1 The World of Rodin 1840-1917 Ik $ m 013707821 / 3 11 11 ^^^^I^^^H ''Jy if DATE DUE - •J 1 J4*ifcE»Cw £2 Xi \QKQOR I "" -i W6 NOV 8 20 1— 9m ip—n—i — rtcc-do fut oo 9dnUnUoJ «< t_ t^^^ « The World of Rodin 4 TIME BOOKS ® I.IPh WOULDI.IBRXRI LIFEWT1KKUBRAR1 TIMEREADINGPROGRAM THELIFEHISTORY OFTHEIMTKI)-IVI[S UFESCIENCELIBRAR1* INTERNATIONALBookSOCIETY GREAT \f.E-(If M\N TIME-LIFELIBRARYOFART TIME-LIFELIBRAR1 01 \MERU \ FOODSOFTHEWORLD THISFABLLOISCENT!HI 1 IM1 III LIBRARY Ol \R I I I The World of Rodin 1840-1917 by William Harlan Hale and the Editors of Timk-Lifk Books with Photographs b\ Lee Boltin and Dmitri Kessel Timi -In Books. Ne* York i About the Author WilliamHarlanHaleisajournalist,historianandnovelist. \graduateofYale1 niversity, hepublishedhislir-tf k.astud)olculturalchangein l'>thCenturj Europe,whenhe was21.Silirethenhehasworkedasaneditorandwriterforanumberofnational magazines, includingHorimn, Fohtist. The \eu Republic,and TheReporter, andheha- publishedseveralotherbooks,principalis on Americanhistoricalsubjects. VsChiel"I theOfficeol Public VUairsoftheI nitedStatesHighCommissioninAustriaintheearl) 1050-.\lr.Halewasresponsibleforintroducingman)aspectsol Americanculturallife topostwarEuropeanaudiencesand,inturn,acquiredanintimateandvariedknowledge olartandarchitectureabroad.Hei-nowafreelancewriterandeditor. The Consulting Editor H.W.JansonisProfessorofFine \n-at New "*><>rkI niversity,whereheisalso ChairmanoftheDepartmentol Fine \rt-at WashingtonSquareCollege. Vmonghis mam publicationsarelli\/nr\q) InandTheSculptureojDonatella. The Consultant forThis Book Ruth Mindli i- Vssistant Professor in the Department ol \rt al the I niversit) ol Maryland. Dr. Mirolli haslecturedand taughtat Boston 1 niversity, the National (.alienolfine \rt-in\\ashingtonandNew ^nrk1 niversity,wheresheearnedher doctorate.Shei-presentl)workingonahook.IntroductiontoStulpture,tobepublished bytheNew ^orkGraphicSociety. On the Slipcase Silhouettedagainsttheeveningsky,Rodin'sTheThinkerbroodsovertheartist'sgraveal Meudon,thePan-suburbwherehespentmamolhislastyears. End Papers Front:Furrowedwithageandthemark-olalifetimeofhardwork,thefaceofanold mannamedRiin.aParisianhand)man.servedRodinlorapowerfulearl)character portrayal, The WanwiththeBroken \ose.Back:Rodin'sSomm eyesshuttight,lips partedinasignolanguish islessastud) olanindiiidualthanolastateolemotion. TIME-1IFEBOOKS HME-LIFELIBRARY OF \RI EDITOR Maitland VEde) SERIESEl K RobertMorton ExecutiveEditoi Jerr) Korn tssociateEditor: Dianallir-h TextDirector:MartinMann Fditorial-tallforTheIIorldojRodin: InDirector:SheldonCotler TextEditor:Ja\ Brennan ChiefofResearch: Beatrice I. Dobie PictureEditor:JaneScholl PictureEditor:RobertG.Mason Designer:PaulJen-en tssistani TextDirectors:OedenTanner.Dianallir-h Suit IItiters:JohnsonHart/.KelU la-ker Issistanl IrtDirector: VrnoldC.Holeywell <hiejResearther:MarthaT.Coolrick IssistantChieJojResearch:MarthaT.Coolrick Researthers:EvelynConstable,CatherineIrev-. SusanJonas,LyndaKefauver,PatriciaMaye, PiBLISHER WalterC.Rohrer SuzanneSeixas tssistaniPublisher:(barterSmith IssistanttotheDesigner:Men)n<la) GeneralManager:John I).McSweenej Business Manager. JohnStevenMaxwell EDITORIAIPRODIIllo\ Production Manager:Imn»Rronzo IolorDirector:Robert L.Young Issistant:JamesJ.Cox SafesDirector:Joan1) Manle) Cop)Staff:RosalindStubenberg,PatriciaMiller. PromotionDirector:BeatriceK.Tolleris FlorenceKeith ManagingDirector,International:John \.Millineton PictureDepartment:Dolores \.Littles,Beth Dagenhardl Traffu \rthurA.Coldberger Thefollowingindi\idualsanddepartment-ofTimeInc.helpedtoproducethis book:LifestaffphotographersCarloBavagnoliandDmitriKessel;Editorial Production.RobertW.BoydJr.;EditorialReference.PeterDraz;PictureCollection, Don-O'Neil;PhotographicLaboratory,GeorgeKara-;Time-Life NewsService, MurrayJ.Gart;CorrespondentMaria\incen/a \loi-i(Pan-). ©WOOTimeInc. Mlrightsreserved. Publishedsimultaneous!) inCanada. LibraryofCongresscataloguecardnumber70-105511. Schoolandlibrarvdistributionb\SilverBurdettCompany,Morn-town.NewJersey. Contents Disturber of the Peace 7 I II Voyages of Discovery 37 III A Rage to Produce 65 IV Into the Inferno 85 V A Trio of Humiliations 113 \ The World's Foremost Sculptor I I 1 I VII Gift to the Future 165 Chronolog) of \ni-t-: I8(> Bibliograph) 187 : Creditsand Acknowledgments: 188 [ndex: I8<)