"You have to dominate the material, not let the material dominate you." Wilfredo Prieto on Auguste Rodin’s sculptures by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
How do you make a sculptural monument—in stone—that captures the transitory, the fleeting aspects of modern life? A moment’s monument, Medardo Rosso, Ecce puer ... by Dr. Sharon Hecker
Does a statue need to include arms or a head to be considered complete? Rodin clearly doesn’t think so. Auguste Rodin, The Walking Man by Elisabeth Rowney
This aborted commission was meant for a museum that was to be on the site of the Musée d’Orsay—where it now stands. Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
The wild dancing nymphs on the exterior of the Opéra had little in common with the ballerinas performing there. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Dance by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
The artist’s biography has sometimes overshadowed her radical and serious achievements as a sculptor. Camille Claudel, The Age of Maturity by Ben Pollitt
When Rodin received the commission for this monument in Calais, he was expected to produce one figure—not six. Auguste Rodin, The Burghers of Calais by Elisabeth Rowney