A History of European Art

The Thinker, bronze, 79” H (200.66 cm H), Musée des Beaux-Arts,

Lyons, France.

Ugolino and his Children, 1880–87, plaster, 16 ¼” H (43 cm H), Musée

d’Orsay, Paris, France.

Masson, Mattiussi, Vilain, Rodin.

Varia, Brancusi.

1. How did The Gates of Hell serve as a wellspring for sculpture
   by Rodin?


2. Describe two versions of Brancusi’s Bird in Space made in
   different materials.

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