Rodin is a little more traditional in the Paris visits, but
this visit was to the Grand Palais to see a temporary exhibition which featured
many of his works in plaster and bronze and some works which were preparatory
for some of his better known sculptures. While his work is well known and widely distributed, I am always impressed at the life that he managed to put into cold white stone such as in this picture.
Interestingly, artists inspired by Rodin, either to imitate him or to do
the opposite, were also included. The result was quite varied with some electing to represent deliberately thin figures, some imitating the form but not the shape, and some it was hard to see how they were related at all!
The real interest for us was the Grand Palais itself, but unfortunately the main hall under the glass dome was not used for
this exhibition, so we had to look at it through the windows. Looking from the
inside out did provide some perspective on the size of the building compared
with the human scale. In addition some of the internal decoration was worth closer inspection.
More pictures here.
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