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Bookmark or Share- The Thinker | History, Description, & Facts | BritannicaThe Thinker was originally called The Poet and was conceived as part of The Gates of Hell, initially a commission (1880) for a pair of bronze doors to a planned museum of decorative arts in Paris. Rodin chose for his subject Dante ’s Inferno from The Divine Comedy ( c. 1308–21) and modeled a series of small clay figures that represented ...
- The Thinker | Detroit Institute of Arts MuseumAbout the Artwork. “The Thinker” was conceived as representing Dante, the central figure of Rodin’s monumental “The Gates of Hell.”. Rodin considered this figure in broad universal terms to symbolize the powerful internal struggle of the creative human mind.
- The Thinker (Le Penseur) - Auguste Rodin — Google Arts & CultureIn the late 1880s Rodin began to exhibit the figure, sometimes with the title Poet, other times as Poet/Thinker. By 1896, however, it had become simply The Thinker, a still more universal image...
- Auguste Rodin | The Thinker - The Metropolitan Museum of ArtTitle: The Thinker. Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon) Founder: Cast by Alexis Rudier (French) Date: modeled ca. 1880, cast ca. 1910. Culture: French. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 27 5/8 in., 185 lb. (70.2 cm, 83.9 kg) Classification: Sculpture-Bronze. Credit Line: Gift of Thomas F. Ryan, 1910 ...
- The Thinker | Musée RodinCast made by Fonderie Alexis Rudier in 1904. Transfered to the musée Rodin in 1922. Whenconceived in 1880 in its original size (approx. 70 cm) as the crowning element of The Gates of Hell, seated on the tympanum, The Thinkerwas entitled The Poet. He represented Dante, author of the Divine Comedy which had inspired The Gates, leaning forward to ...
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