One of world’s most celebrated sculptor Auguste Rodin was honoured on his 172nd birth anniversary by search giant Google with a classy Doodle depicting one of his most famous sculptures, the Thinker.
Rodin was born François-Auguste-René Rodin in 1840 in Paris. He attended the Petite École, where he studied drawing and painting. He tried to gain admittance to the Grand École, but was rejected thrice. After he left the Petite École, he worked as a craftsman and ornamenter for nearly two decades.
His work was a departure from traditional themes of mythology and allegory and was imbued with realism in depicting the human body.
He gained popularity with his first major, full-sized work, “The Age of Bronze”, which caused uproar with the statue’s extreme naturalism. Later, he was commissioned to work on his magnum opus, a sculptured portal in 1880. The project, called the Gates of Hell, was based on Dante’s “Inferno”. Some of the famous sculptures from the collection included the “The Thinker” and “The Kiss.”
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Rodin died on November 17, 1917 from lung infection.
(Story culled from Zeenews Bureau)
I call "The Thinker" a "masterpiece for my masterpiece!" And below is my interpretation of that masterpiece (a previous post on my blog) in honor of Auguste Rodin.
I'M THINKING...!
sometimes...
engagement in the thought process can be dangerous...
especially....
when the mind is left to freely roam...
and ruthlessly too...
on just about any matter...
but...
whether dangerous, complicated or just plain thinking...
one of the best gifts mankind has ever had...
is the ability to just pause...
and without limitation or inhibition...
just think...!
so...
the question is...
what should i dwell my thoughts on?
just the thought of that...
makes me think...!
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