RODIN MUSEUM, Interior

Hi, I'm Alyson, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through Musée Rodin, which is one of the most impressive places in Paris!

The refined museum you're standing in is dedicated to Auguste Rodin, the greatest European sculptor of the late 1800s. Rodin is considered the father of modern sculpture, who renewed its style thanks to a new expressive language that is both realistic, romantic, and symbolic. Born in Paris in 1840 into a poor family, at the age of 35 he took his first trip to Italy: he read Dante, admired Donatello's works, and was seriously impressed by Michelangelo's sculptures. The following year his fame suddenly exploded thanks to his sculpture entitled The Age of Bronze, which appeared so "real" that the critics accused him of having carved it based on a living model....