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Figure 31.23 AUGUSTE RODIN, The Gates of Hell, 1880–1917. Bronze, 20 ft. 8 in. 13 ft. 1 in. Below

the Three Shades, in the center of the lintel (where Jesus is usually found in a traditional Christian

Judgment scene) sits the Thinker, the human Creator, contemplating humankind doomed by its passions.