Auguste Rodin, a well-known artist amazes the world with one of the most famous piece of sculpture The Thinker. A full size bronze located in front of the Rodin museum in Paris, a copy of his work can be found in many countries around the world. The Thinker have been an icon or a symbol for many scholars and a replica of the piece can be seen in more than 30 countries. The robust sculpture measured approximately 71.50 cm in height, 58 cm in length and 40 cm in width. Depicted as a naked man who seems in deep thinking. The thinker was originally design as part of a commissioned work of the museum of arts decorative in Paris in 1880. This sculpture was designed and place in front of the art museum in Paris and suppose to depict the gate of hell from Dante alighieri’s Divine comedy. The portrait of the thinker anticipated to stand for intellect and poetry and also represent Dante. Over the time The Thinker took a various meaning and it gently detached itself from his personal relation Dante. The thinker seems to stand for power of thoughts and mental creativity more generally. The Thinker
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August Rodin started drawing since he was very young, at the age of 17 he tried to attend Ecole des beaux-arts distinguished institution in Paris but his application was rejected. Regardless of the rejection Rodin never stop working and in 1863-64 he sculpting his fir major piece (Mask of the man with Broken nose). The Vanquished known as the age of bronze were pieces that make him rank among the best sculptors. For some the Thinker have raise some critical question, many people wondering what the thinker was thinking. The growing of the socialist movement lead people think deeper and bring deferent interpretation. Still during Rodin's life- “The Thinker was sometimes interpreted as a working class hero, rising from the fetters of the material world to the heights of class consciousness” (De
August Rodin started drawing since he was very young, at the age of 17 he tried to attend Ecole des beaux-arts distinguished institution in Paris but his application was rejected. Regardless of the rejection Rodin never stop working and in 1863-64 he sculpting his fir major piece (Mask of the man with Broken nose). The Vanquished known as the age of bronze were pieces that make him rank among the best sculptors. For some the Thinker have raise some critical question, many people wondering what the thinker was thinking. The growing of the socialist movement lead people think deeper and bring deferent interpretation. Still during Rodin's life- “The Thinker was sometimes interpreted as a working class hero, rising from the fetters of the material world to the heights of class consciousness” (De