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Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel (Pegasus Libraryeries)

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A STORMY RELATIONSHIP
A Refreshing Look at an all-too-politicized relationship
downgrading Claudel to a copy of Rodin
An uninspired work that lacks insight.

Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel (Pegasus Libraryeries)
J.A. Schmoll Eisenwerth
Manufacturer: Prestel
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Camille Claudel
Discoveries: Rodin (Discoveries (Abrams))
Camille Claudel: A Life
Rodin: The Shape of Genius
Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel, Rodin's Muse and Mistress

ASIN: 3791313827

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A STORMY RELATIONSHIP.......2004-04-20

Books have been written and films produced about the stormy relationship between sculptor Auguste Rodin and promising sculptress Camille Claudel. Few liaisons have been as artistically fruitful or as emotionally turbulent.

In an attempt to freshly evaluate her work, this concise volume examines Claudel's impact upon Rodin's work, her family background, and her tragic descent into mental instability.

According to most biographers, Rodin's affection for Claudel continued even after their final separation as he continued to use her as a model. Perhaps the most poignant reminder of her is found in "The Thought," a pale, melancholy study.

Rich with illustrations by of works by both Rodin and Claudel, this title sheds new light on one of the most dramatic partnerships in the world of art.

- Gail Cooke

A Refreshing Look at an all-too-politicized relationship.......2001-11-06

I found this book engaging and very interesting. The relationship between Claudel and Rodin is examined fully and with an eye to historical accuracy. Though some may wish to champion the cause of an artist largely unrecognized in important critical scholarship, such politicization of an historical event to meet modern aims is untenable at best. For those seeking an honest, thoughtful account of a dynamic and difficult relationship between a premier artist and an aspiring sculptor this book is worth the read. The reproductions are dazzling in quality and the design is pleasing and neat.

downgrading Claudel to a copy of Rodin.......1999-05-21

Camille Claudel was too genuine, too proud an artist to ever allow her work to be a copy of Rodin's. Who knows maybe it should be the other way: Rodin copying Claudel...

An uninspired work that lacks insight........1998-07-22

Schmoll has taken the party line on this piece and looks at every reason to discredit Claudel to the benefit of Rodin. Criticism of Claudel goes so far as to imply that her best works could have been touched up by Rodin. Schmoll even takes time to nitpick at Claudel's looks, pointing out that they were marred by a "weak" chin. From the beginning Schmoll compares the work of a young girl's in her 20's to that of a man in his 40's. It is one of the poorest critical studies of an artist that this reader has ever read.

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