内容简介
SuperblyreproducedimagesofselectedsculpturesandlatedrawingsbyRodindocumenthisobsessionwithsexuality,revealingthecountlesswayshedepictedthesubject:asathreatandchallenge,butalsoasthesourceofallcreativeinspirationandpassion.AugmentingtheseillustrationsareessaysbyleadingscholarsexploringtheramificationsoferosinRodin'sworkandhisinfluenceonhiscontemporariesaswellasonfutureartists.Inwordandimage,thisvolumedeepensourunderstandingofnineteenthcentury'spremiersculptor.