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The Kiss is a marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Like many of Rodin's best-known individual sculptures, including The Thinker, the embracing couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating Rodin's monumental bronze portal The Gates of Hell, commissioned for a planned museum of art in Paris. The couple were later removed from the Gates and replaced with another pair of lovers located on the smaller right-hand column. Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... The Kiss is a famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin. ... Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ... Ancient Greeks depiction of ideal form of the body is expressed through sculpture such as this one. ... Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... The Thinker The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is one of Auguste Rodins famous bronze sculptures. ... For other meanings, see Relief (disambiguation) In the art of sculpture, a relief is an artwork where a modelled form projects out of a flat background. ... The Gates of Hell, MusÃ©e Rodin. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Controversial Homage to Women

Rodin indicated that his approach to sculpting women was of homage to them and their body. Not just submitting to men but full partners in ardor. The consequent erotism in the sculpture made it controversial. A bronze version of The Kiss (74 cm high) was sent for display at the 1983 Chicago World’s Fair. The sculpture was considered unsuited for general display and was relegated to an inner chamber with admission only by personal application. Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 The World Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss discovery of the New World. ...

Smaller Versions of The Kiss

Rodin's method of making large sculptures was to employ assistant sculptors to copy a smaller model made from a material which was easier to work than marble. Once they had finished, Rodin himself would put the finishing touches to the larger version.

Before creating the marble version of The Kiss, Rodin produced several smaller sculptures in plaster, terracotta and bronze. The sculpture was originally titled Francesca da Rimini, as it depicts the 13th-century Italian noblewoman immortalised in Dante's Inferno (Circle 2, Canto 5) who falls in love with her husband Giovanni Malatesta's younger brother Paolo. Having fallen in love while reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the couple are discovered and killed by Francesca's husband. In the sculpture, the book can be seen in Paolo's hand. When critics first saw the sculpture in 1887, they suggested the less specific title Le Baiser (The Kiss). This article is about the building material. ... Terra cotta is a hard semifired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building construction. ... Bronze figurine, found at Ã–land Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... Gianciotto Discovers Paolo and Francesca by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died 1285) was the beautiful daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... Dante shown holding a copy of The Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, in Michelinos fresco. ... This entry was adapted from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. ... Guinevere was the Queen consort of King Arthur. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...

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Larger-than-life Marble Carvings of The Kiss

The French Commission

In 1888, the French government ordered the first large-scale marble version of The Kiss from Rodin for the 1889 Exhibition Universelle, but it was publicly displayed for the first time in the Salon de la Société National des Beaux-Arts in 1898. It was so popular that the company Barbedienne offered Rodin a contract to produce a limited number of smaller copies in bronze. In 1900 the statue was moved to the Musée du Luxembourg before being taken to its current location, the Musée Rodin, in 1918. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bronze figurine, found at Ã–land Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The MusÃ©e Rodin in Paris is a museum that was opened in 1919 in the HÃ´tel Biron and surrounding grounds. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Edward Perry Warren's Commission

In 1900, Rodin made a copy for Edward Perry Warren, an eccentric American collector who lived in Sussex, England, with his collection of Greek antiquities and his lover John Marshall. After seeing The Kiss in in the Salon de Paris, the painter William Rothenstein recommended it to Warren as a possible purchase, but The Kiss had been commissioned by the French government and was not available for sale. In its place, Rodin offered to make a copy and Warren offered half of its original price (10,000 francs, instead of 20,000), but Rodin would not lower the price. The contract for the commission included that "the genitals of the man must be complete." A previous letter explained that "being a pagan and lover of antiquities," Warren hoped that the genitals of the man would be sculpted prominently in the Classical Greek tradition rather than modestly hidden. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 kmÂ² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/kmÂ² Ethnicity... William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945) was an English painter, draughtsman and writer on art. ...

When the sculpture arrived in Sussex in 1904, Warren placed it in the stables where it remained for a decade. It is not known whether this location was chosen due to the great size of the sculpture or because it did not fulfill Warren's expectations. In 1914 the sculpture was loaned to Lewes town council and put on public display in the town hall. A number of puritanical local residents, led by headmistress Miss Fowler-Tutt, objected to the erotic nature of the sculpture. They were particularly concerned that it might encourage the ardour of the large number of soldiers who were billeted in the town at that time and successfully campaigned to have the sculpture draped and screened from public view. It was returned to Warren's residence at Lewes House in 1917 where it remained stored in a stable for 12 years until Warren's death in 1929. The beneficiary of Warren's will, H. Asa Thomas, put the sculpture up for sale with Gorringes, the local auctioneers, but it failed to meet its reserve price and was withdrawn from sale. A few years later it was loaned to the Tate Gallery in London. In 1955 the Tate bought the sculpture for the nation at a cost of £7,500. In 1999 between 5 June and 30 October, the Kiss returned briefly to Lewes as part of a exhibition of Rodin's works. It now resides at the Tate Modern. File links The following pages link to this file: User:Matt Crypto The Thinker Human Talk:Sydney Hilton bombing User:Phyzome Human self-reflection Talk:Human/Archive4 User:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder User talk:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder User:Ta bu shi da yu/WWTBSDYD Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost... File links The following pages link to this file: User:Matt Crypto The Thinker Human Talk:Sydney Hilton bombing User:Phyzome Human self-reflection Talk:Human/Archive4 User:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder User talk:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder User:Ta bu shi da yu/WWTBSDYD Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries and a virtual presence: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000) and Tate Online (1998). ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral (note the rebuilt Globe Theatre in white to the left) Olafur Eliassons The Weather Project in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern Tate Modern is Britains new national museum of modern art in London and...

Carl Jacobsen's Commission

A third replica was commissioned in 1900 by Carl Jacobsen for his projected museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The replica was made in 1903, and became part of the initial collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, inaugurated in 1906. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area - Total - Water 526 kmÂ² xxx kmÂ² xx% Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km2 [including water] xxx/km2 [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55Â°43 N 12Â°34 E Copenhagen (Danish: KÃ¸benhavn) is... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...

Additional Notes

The three larger marble versions were exhibited together at the Musée d'Orsay in 1995. MusÃ©e dOrsay Exterior view in the afternoon MusÃ©e dOrsay Inside the main hall The MusÃ©e dOrsay is a museum in Paris, situated on the left bank of the River Seine. ...

A fourth, smaller copy, about 90 cm in height (compared to 181.5 cm for the copy in Paris), was made after the death of Rodin by sculptor Henri Greber for the Rodin Museum of Philadelphia. Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County. ...

A large numbers of bronze cast have been done of The Kisss. The Musée Rodin repots that the Barbedienne foundry alone produced 319 bronze casts of The Kiss. According to French law issued in 1978, only the first twelve can be called original editions. 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

References

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External links

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