The Nude in Western Art: Part Three
In Part One we saw nude sculpture by Michelangelo . In Part Two we saw a sculpted Renoir nude. But the master of nude sculpture in my opinion was Auguste Rodin , who was a contemporary of Renoir. Rodin is the father of modern sculpture . His work is exquisite as Jennifer and I got to witness at the National Gallery of Art last summer . There are many Rodin nudes and there are many Rodin sketches of an erotic nature . This post mostly features Rodin nudes collected in my Art Authority app. The Age of Bronze . 1876. This was a controversial work at that time. Not for being a nude but for artistic reasons. Rodin was bucking art tradition in his work and the orthodox did not care for him. St. John the Baptist Preaching . 1878-1880. You are unlikely to see this subject depicted in this way anywhere else in art. Perhaps inspired by Michelangelo's David. The Thinker . Rodin cast many of these after his initial sculpture was completed in 1880. The casts run th