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Iris, Messenger of the Gods (French: "Iris, messagère des Dieux") (sometimes known as Flying Figure, or Eternal Tunnel) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin. A plaster model, created between 1891 and 1894, was cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier at various times from about 1895. Iris is depicted with her right hand clasping her right foot and ...
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Iris, Messenger of the Gods: 1891 Bronze National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo 83.5 x 85 More images: Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk: 1892 Bronze Museo Soumaya, Mexico City 106.4 × 38.5 × 50.8 More images: Monument to Balzac: 1892 to 1897 Bronze Musée Rodin 270 x 120.5 More images: Youth Triumphant: 1894 Bronze ...
Notable examples are The Walking Man, Meditation without Arms, and Iris, Messenger of the Gods. Rodin saw suffering and conflict as hallmarks of modern art. "Nothing, really, is more moving than the maddened beast, dying from unfulfilled desire and asking in vain for grace to quell its passion."
Standing Mercury is a bronze sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, first exhibited in 1888.Rodin depicts the mythological god Mercury, son of Maia and Jupiter—messenger of the gods and guide to the Underworld—as a young man, representing eloquence and reason.
The Musée Rodin (English: Rodin Museum) of Paris, France, is an art museum that was opened in 1919, primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites: the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris, as well as just outside Paris at Rodin's old home, the Villa des Brillants at Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine.
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This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) The Thinker in front of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia This is a list of The Thinker sculptures made by Auguste Rodin. The Thinker, originally a part of Rodin's The Gates of Hell, exists in several versions. The original size and the later monumental size versions were both created by Rodin, and the most valuable ...