The Three Shades
Artist: Auguste Rodin
Year Composed: 1883
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: First Garden
Year Composed: 1883
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: First Garden
About the Artwork
Auguste Rodin composed Les Trois Ombres, French for The Three Shades, for his Gates of Hell doorway. Inspired by Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, Rodin's trio was placed at the very top of the portal. Their necks are positioned lower than humanly possible, and all on the same horizontal plane. In the same fashion of Michelangelo Buonarroti's use of foreshortening (or a way to sculpt a figure in a distorted fashion so they appear normal when viewed from an extreme angle), The Three Shades were meant to look down directly at viewers that look up in their direction while at the foot of The Gates of Hell.
About the Artist
François Auguste René Rodin, better known as Auguste Rodin, is known as one of the most famous French sculptors of all time. Most of his works contain themes of mythology, allegory, and nature, highlighting the human figure and body. The emotional appeal and contorting drama meshes the intricacy of Neoclassical sculptures with the drama and emotion of the Baroque. Rodin is one of the few sculptors known outside of the art world with modern society, especially with his sculptures that include The Shade (1881), The Kiss (1882), The Thinker (1880), and The Burghers of Calais (1889).
About the Movement
The Three Shades was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Rodin Museum, Paris, France
Auguste Rodin composed Les Trois Ombres, French for The Three Shades, for his Gates of Hell doorway. Inspired by Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, Rodin's trio was placed at the very top of the portal. Their necks are positioned lower than humanly possible, and all on the same horizontal plane. In the same fashion of Michelangelo Buonarroti's use of foreshortening (or a way to sculpt a figure in a distorted fashion so they appear normal when viewed from an extreme angle), The Three Shades were meant to look down directly at viewers that look up in their direction while at the foot of The Gates of Hell.
About the Artist
François Auguste René Rodin, better known as Auguste Rodin, is known as one of the most famous French sculptors of all time. Most of his works contain themes of mythology, allegory, and nature, highlighting the human figure and body. The emotional appeal and contorting drama meshes the intricacy of Neoclassical sculptures with the drama and emotion of the Baroque. Rodin is one of the few sculptors known outside of the art world with modern society, especially with his sculptures that include The Shade (1881), The Kiss (1882), The Thinker (1880), and The Burghers of Calais (1889).
About the Movement
The Three Shades was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Rodin Museum, Paris, France