Scope: Auguste Rodin was a French painter from Paris whose subjects were French heroes that depicted the spiritual dignity of man. The Thinker, The Kiss, The Age of Bronze were among his most famous works. Rodin considered his sculpture as a vehicle for personal expression.

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF N 31.D5 1996 The Dictionary of Art 

REF N 5300. I45 1984 The Illustrated Dictionary of Art & Artists 

Butler, Ruth. Rodin: The Shape of Genius. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.

Grunfeld, Frederic V. Rodin: A Biography. New York: Holt, 1967.

Jarrasse, Dominique. Rodin: a Passion for Movement. Paris: Terrail, 1995.

Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. Adolf. Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. Munich,
Germany: Presetel-Verlag, 1994.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Open Access Journals in Visual Arts

WEB SITES 

Art Links on the World Wide Web (Boston College)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html

The Artists.org
http://www.the-artists.org

Updated 08/24/2007