Product Description: This monograph examines the life & works of Auguste Rodin, whose compelling career & legacy continue to captivate audiences, artists & critics alike. As one of the greatest & most prolific sculptors of the 19th & 20th centuries, Rodin transformed sculpture-making & reinvigorated what was considered to be a dying art form...read more

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Product Description: This work accompanies the exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art of Rodin''s sculpture includ ing a second cast of his Monument to Victor Hugo. ' (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Early Impressionism and the French State explores the reception of modernist painting in the years that preceded the Impressionist exhibition of 1874. Opening with an extensive analysis of the ministry of fine arts and the politics of the Salon, the study considers the Salon experiences of Courbet, Manet, and the group that became known as the Impressionists: Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Morisot, Cézanne, and Bazille...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)