内容简介
"Ihavedrawnallmylife.Ibeganwithdrawing:Ihaveneverstoppeddrawing."—AugusteRodinFromthe"black"drawingscontemporaneouswiththeGatesofHelltohisgreatwatercolornudes,thisbookreproduceshundredsofAugusteRodin'smostbeautifulgraphicworksheldinthecollectionoftheMuséeRodin,anumberofwhicharepublishedhereforthefirsttime.TheaccompanyingessaysanalyzethecomplexrelationshipsbetweenRodin'sdrawingsandhissculptures,theproblemsofattribution,andtheroleofsensualityinhiswork.Rodin'srichgraphicoeuvrehasuntilnowbeenalittle-knownaspectofhisart,yetitiscrucialtoafullunderstandingofhiswork.Thisbookwillbeessentialreadingforanyoneinterestedinthegreatsculptor'sachievements.372illustrationsincolorandblackandwhite.