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Visual Arts

Event 

Title:
Form and Emotion in Rodin and Wagner
When:
05.05.2010 @ 12:00 - 06:00
Where:
Norton Simon Museum - Pasadena
Category:
Visual Arts

EVENT DESCRIPTION

In a series of essays written in 1889, artist Truman Howe Bartlett compared Auguste Rodin, the first sculptor of the Modern Age, to Richard Wagner the preeminent composer of Romantic music, noting “He [Rodin] has been called the Wagner of sculpture.” Bartlett drew an analogy here between their ambitions to create a ‘total work of art.’ In Wagner’s operas it meant the fluid combination of performance, literature and music. In Rodin’s sculpture it meant the suggestion of animation, emotion and intimacy through the interrelation of the parts, or details, to the whole.  

In celebration of the 2010 Ring Festival LA, the Norton Simon Museum presents a unique self-guided tour of the eight sculptures by Auguste Rodin in the museum’s gardens. The tour draws important and interesting parallels between two great artists, both of whom faced great admirers and fierce critics, and examines the sculptures in light of Wagner’s influence on the visual arts in the late-19th century.



Date(s):  April 15 - June 30, 2010 

RSVP or Ordering info:  None required

Cost:  
Free:  Wednesday - Monday, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

For more info:  626.449.6840 
www.nortonsimon.org

 

Image credit:

The Burghers of Calais, 1884-95
Auguste Rodin
French, 1840-1917
Bronze, Edition of 12, Cast No. 10
82-1/2 x 93-1/2 x 70-3/4 in. (209.6 x 237.5 x 179.7 cm)
Norton Simon Art Foundation
M.1968.04.S
© 2009 Norton Simon Art Foundation





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Venue

Partner:
Norton Simon Museum   -   Website
Street:
411 West Colorado Boulevard
ZIP:
91105
City:
Pasadena
State:
CA

PARTNER DESCRIPTION

The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. Over a thirty-year period, 20th-century industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an astonishing collection of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years.

Approximately 1,000 works from the permanent collection of 12,000 objects are on view in the Norton Simon Museum’s galleries and sculpture garden throughout the year. There are three temporary exhibition spaces within the Museum; the curatorial department mounts three to six exhibitions centered on the collection per year. To extend the impact of these exhibitions and to explore genres and themes within the permanent collection, the Museum offers six to ten free public programs per month, including scholarly lectures and symposia, adult education courses, music and dance performances and hands-on activities for children.  Private tours are available by reservation.



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