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★ 紀念法國雕塑大師羅丹逝世100週年
承繼古典、開創現代的雕塑大師羅丹, 40歲時首度接受法國政府委託,開始創作「地獄之門」。這件傳奇巨作直至離世仍未完成。然而在羅丹偉大的鬼斧神工背後,這段創作全盛期,更糾結了大師生命中最難分難解的堅實情感。羅丹與天才學生卡蜜兒的刻骨愛戀不但於這時期轟烈展開;在卡蜜兒之前,羅丹已和胼手相伴多年的女傭蘿絲(Rose Beuret)育有一子。卡蜜兒的出現讓三人陷入空前的情感衝突,卻也締造羅丹前所未有的創作巔峰,成就雕塑之神一代傳說!
Paris 1880, Auguste Rodin aged 40, finally receives his first State commission: he creates The Gates of Hell, composed of figurines. Some of these will become his most famous works, such as The Kiss and The Thinker.
He shares his life with Rose, his lifelong partner, when he meets the young Camille Claudel. His most gifted student, she quickly becomes his assistant, then his mistress. A decade of passion, mutual admiration and complicity ensues.
Following their break up, Rodin continues to work relentlessly. He faces both the rejection and enthusiasm provoked by the sensuality of his sculptures, and with his Balzac, rejected during his lifetime, creates the undeniable starting point of modern sculpture. |