Thinking

The visit to the Rodin museum was a highlight of the trip. His sculptures are magnificent for their anatomical detail. The detail that fascinated me however was that these very true to life or more lifelike than life sculptures of men and women, hands, poor people and heroes were so obviously and intentionally made of stone. The fact that there was a form in the rock made the observer appreciate the qualities of the rock, the gravity and might and heft, more so than if just looking at a large rock in say the countryside. While many sculpters may work in defiance of their material, with an end result that is liberated from its medium, Rodin seems to enslave his art in order to capture the best qualities of stone and model in a marriage that celebrates both.