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The
Thinker
Bronze
1902
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thinker is one of Rodin's most famous sculptures because it captures
so well the human struggle to understand. Rodin wrote that the
Thinker was concieved when he was designing the Gates of Hell.
(See this sculpture) The thinker was to be Dante who was contemplating
the poem and characters from the Devine Comedy. Later, he decided
that the man should be naked, seated on a rock, his fist against
his teeth, dreaming. He is trying to understand, to think so very
hard that he will be able to go from dreamer to creator. Note the
man's unrefined facial features, but deeply felt emotion |
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