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"Rilke's observations are wonderfully astute. For readers interested in either [sculpture or poetry], this volume is a treat." -- The Christian Science Monitor
During the early 1900s, the great German poet lived and worked in Paris with Auguste Rodin. In a work as revealing... Read Full Overview

Artist Auguste Rodin was fortunate to have for secretary Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most sensitive poets of the early 20th century. This essay discussing Rodin's work as an artist is as revealing of Rilke as it is of its subject. Written in 1903, Rilke's meditation marks... Read Full Overview

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) had been widely known for decades when the young Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke traveled to Paris to interview him for an essay to be published in a German art book series. Intensely sensitive to art, and in particular to the irreducible power... Read Full Overview

Rainer Maria Rilke's influential essay interpreting the work of Auguste Rodin. Rodin himself approved of Rilke's interpretation.

Auguste Rodin: Translated By Jessie Lemont And Hans Trausil. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have... Read Full Overview

An estimated of a great sculptor by a great poet. Illus.

Rainer Maria Rilke: Auguste Rodin Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken 1. Teil: entst. 1902, Erstdruck: Berlin (Julius... Read Full Overview

In 1903 Rilke published this essay, a sustained and profound meditation on the unique power of Rodin's sculpture that has never been equalled. Written around a chronology of Rodin's work, it is also a very approachable introduction to some of the greatest sculpture of the nineteenth... Read Full Overview

""Rodin"" is a book written by the acclaimed poet Rainer Maria Rilke, which offers a unique perspective on the life and work of the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Originally published in 1903, the book is a collection of letters that Rilke wrote to Rodin over the course... Read Full Overview

"Man geht unter seinen tausend Dingen umher, berw ltigt von der F lle der Funde und Erfindungen, die es umfasst, und man sieht sich unwillk rlich nach den zwei H nden um, aus denen diese Welt erwachsen ist." Mit fast 100 Bildern illustriert und in poetischer Sprache verfasst,... Read Full Overview

Literary Nonfiction. Art. Sculpture. Biography. Translated from the German by Daniel Slager. Introduction by William Gass. Sculptor Auguste Rodin was fortunate to have as his secretary Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most sensitive poets of our time. These two pieces discussing... Read Full Overview

""Rodin"" by Rainer Maria Rilke is a collection of essays and letters written by the author about the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of Rodin's life and work, including his artistic techniques, influences, and legacy. Rilke, who was... Read Full Overview

Dieses Werk ist Teil der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg ver ffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Gro teil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erh ltlich. Mit der Buchreihe... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview