Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Although Rodin looms as one of the giants of modern sculpture, his life is shrouded in myth. This extensive, copiously illustrated biography, based on a vast array of previously unpublished documents, attempts to penetrate to the 'true life' of the artist. The author analyzes the artist's family relations and his notorious relationship with the sculptor Camille Claudel. In addition, she discusses the sculptor's entrepreneurial skills. In the end, the man and the myth he created are one. This we see in the photograph of Rodin posing in his studio before the model for his titanic Balzac.' Balzac c'est moi,' Rodin might have said." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)