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Rodin: Contemplation and Dreams

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Welcome

A warm welcome from Curator of Education Glenna Barlow to Rodin: Contemplations and Dreams / Selections from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Collections. 

Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.

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Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose

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Bibi’s Broken Nose

Tap the speaker icon over the image to hear about the unusual sitter for this bust and how its creation would come to be a defining moment in Rodin's career. Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.
 
Image: Portrait of Michelangelo in profile facing right set within a recess, 1545; Attributed to Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara); Engraving 

See Portrait Bust of Michelangelo by Daniele da Volterra 
 
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Learn more about chance in art in gallery 17 of the CMA Collection on the second floor.

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Walking Man

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A Fragmentary Work of Art

Tap the speaker icon over the image to hear about the reception of this sculpture in its time and the lasting impact it had on the future of the medium. Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.
 
Image: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, cast 1950; Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882-1916 Sorte); Bronze 
 
See Le Serf by Henri Matisse

 
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See a sculpture by Henry Moore outside on Boyd Plaza.

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Dance Movement "D"

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Inspired by Dance

Tap the speaker icon over the image to hear about the influence of the Ballets Russes and Cambodian dance on Rodin’s work. Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.
 
Image: Vaslav Nijinsky and the Ballets Russes perform L’Après – Midi D’un Faune 
 
See L’Après – Midi D’un Faune on Nemeridanse.tv  
 
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Large Hand of a Pianist

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The Sound of Sculpture

Tap the speaker icon over the image to hear about how music inspired Rodin. Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.

Image: Large Hand of a Pianist, modeled 1885; Musée Rodin cast 9/12, 1969; Auguste Rodin (French, 1840 - 1917); bronze 

Large hand of a pianist
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Mask of Hanako (Type "D")

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Hisa Ōta

Tap the speaker icon over the image to hear about Japanese actress Hisa Ōta and Rodin’s interest in her. Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.
 
Image: Colorized photograph of the actress Hisa Ōta 

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Three Faunesses

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The Most Famous Artist in the World

Tap the speaker icon over the image to hear about Rodin’s international status as an artist and his influence on the sculptor Harriet Whitney Frishmuth. Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.
 
Image: Diana (The Hunt), c. 1921, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, with Karl Illava (American, 1880 -1980); Bronze, slatebase. On view in gallery 4 of the CMA Collection on the second floor.

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Final Head of Eustache de St. Pierre

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Humanizing Public Monuments

Tap the speaker icon over the image to hearabout Rodin’s well-known work The Burghers of Calais. Headphones available to be borrowed for free at the Welcome Desk.
 
Image: The Burghers of Calais, modeled 1884–95, cast 1985, Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon); Bronze  

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