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Augeuste Rodin? Rodin (Augeuste Rodin1840-1917) famous French sculptor. At the age of fourteen, he studied painting with Lecongde Boisbaudran. Lecongde Boisbaudran (Lecongde Boisbaudran) to learn painting, and then with Bayeux to learn sculpture, and as Carrier-Belleuse (Carrier-Belleuse) assistant, went to Brussels, Belgium, to create decorative sculpture for five years. 1875, traveled to Italy, y inspired by the works of Michelangelo, and thus established the realism of the creative method. In 1875, he traveled to Italy and was y inspired by Michelangelo's works, thus establishing a realistic approach to creation. His Bronze Age, The Thinker, Hugo, Calais and Balzac were all new creations that were criticized by the French Academy. The design of "The Gates of Hell", which contained 186 sculptures, was not realized as planned due to official obstruction at the time, and only "The Thinker", "The Kiss", "Eve" and other parts of the work were completed. He was good at using a variety of painting techniques to create vivid and powerful artistic images. In his life, he made many sketches, unique style, and has "Art Theory" passed on to the world.

Rodin's position in the history of European sculpture, as the poet Dante's position in Europe. Rodin and his two students, Majorelle and Bourdelle, known as the European sculpture "three pillars". For modern people, he is the last sculptor of the old period (the classical period) and the first sculptor of the new period (the modernist period). One of his feet remained in the courtyard of Classicism, while the other had already stepped through the door of Modernism. It can be said that Rodin used his mature and powerful hands exercised in the classical period, with his creative spirit not bound by tradition, opened the door of modern sculpture for the new era; when young artists flocked to run forward, he has entered the old age, he can not walk. His creations had a greater impact on the development of modern European sculpture. Rodin was born into a poor Christian family.