{"product_id":"2940169897395","title":"Rodin: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuguste Rodin was not only the greatest sculptor¿known for such works as \u003ci\u003eThe Thinker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hand of God\u003c\/i\u003e, and dozens of others¿but also one of the most remarkable personalities of modern times. He was an artist who outraged contemporaries with his disturbingly unfinished monuments, a sensualist who shocked France with his scandalous relationships, and a friend to the most gifted writers and artists of his day. Frederic V. Grunfeld¿s exhaustive biography documents a lifetime of both artistic and personal struggle¿against poverty, against the conservative Paris Salon, and against an art establishment that for years denied him recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRodin¿s crucial love affair with his pupil Camille Claudel emerges here in all its tragic complexity, as do his relationships with the British painter Gwen John and the American-born duchess Claire de Choiseul. Grunfeld also sheds new light on Rodin¿s friendships with such figures as Robert Louis Stevenson, George Bernard Shaw, Émile Zola, and James McNeill Whistler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeautifully written, \u003ci\u003eRodin\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive biography of a man whose influence on sculpture was as profound as Michelangelo¿s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150369997040,"sku":"2940169897395","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169897395_p0.jpg?v=1769902089","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169897395","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}