The Cathedral, Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
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How did Victoria & Albert Museum get its Rodin collection? It was his gift to them.
The V&A Rodin collection includes a number of busts, which Rodin would first model in clay, and then cast in bronze (below). One bust is of Honoré de Balzac.
Balzac wrote a very popular series, La Comédie Humaine, a few decades after the French revolution. He drew inspiration from French commoners, and included a range of masculine and effeminate male characters, some "gay"—such as the manly and heroic master criminal, Vautrin. The hero had a caring relationship with a male lover for whom he sacrificed his freedom—taking his place in prison.
Balzac was the first in western literature to describe homosexuality as an IDENTITY rather than a sexual BEHAVIOUR. Publishing their stories in literature was possible because post-revolution France had decriminalised victimless crimes, which included consenting sexual relations.
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“Người suy tư” của Rodin vừa đến một quán trà ở Thành Đô, thư giãn bên chén trà gaiwan mang tính biểu tượng và truyền cảm hứng về sự giao thoa văn hóa.
Rodin's Kiss
Après la fête estivale de l’Académie Colarossi, puis la fête hivernale où s’illustra la modèle Carmen, découvrez qui était vraiment cette Carmen, la Cendrillon du Montparnasse :
https://musographes.tumblr.com/post/801314221512097792/la-v%C3%A9ritable-histoire-de-carmen-visconti
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