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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Eve
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Rodin originally conceived Eve in 1881 as the companion to Adam, intending the tragic couple to flank the portal of his celebrated La porte de l'Enfer. Both figures are captured as the horror of their actions dawn upon them: Adam's body is twisted in anguish, his right hand held away from his body, while Eve recoils, her arms raised to her head as she hides herself in shame.
Rodin's inspiration for the figure of Eve came directly from Michelangelo's work at the Sistine Chapel in Rome:
Rodin admired the Adam and Eve of the Creation of Man and the Fall in the Sistine Chapel because they combined the beauty of the ancient Greek nude with the medieval Christian consciousness of sin. Accepting Michelangelo's postures, with variations, Rodin chose both from his predecessor's painting and his sculpture... Rodin's figures impart a greater sense of self-sufficiency and inner-listening than do their prototypes. (A.E. Elsen, op. cit., 1963, p. 49)
Rodin's inspiration for the figure of Eve came directly from Michelangelo's work at the Sistine Chapel in Rome:
Rodin admired the Adam and Eve of the Creation of Man and the Fall in the Sistine Chapel because they combined the beauty of the ancient Greek nude with the medieval Christian consciousness of sin. Accepting Michelangelo's postures, with variations, Rodin chose both from his predecessor's painting and his sculpture... Rodin's figures impart a greater sense of self-sufficiency and inner-listening than do their prototypes. (A.E. Elsen, op. cit., 1963, p. 49)