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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Musée Rodin (Paris, Île-de-France, France) S.1001en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1908 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorRodin, Augusteen_US
dc.date1908en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-06T15:08:36Z
dc.date.available2015-01-06T15:08:36Z
dc.date.issued1908en_US
dc.identifier256177en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/172129
dc.descriptionOverall view; Carved in stone and still covered in toolmarks,The Cathedral is a combination of two right hands, belonging to two different figures. It was entitled The Ark of the Covenant, before being named The Cathedral, very probably after the publication of Rodin’s Les Cathédrales de France, in 1914. Parallels may be drawn between the mysterious inner space that seems to emanate from the composition and Gothic architecture. Emptiness was a factor that Rodin used to allow for, and, as Rilke pointed out, "the role of air had always been extremely important" for him (Rilke, 1928). Source: Musée Rodin [website]; http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/ (accessed 5/13/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjecthandsen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleThe Cathedralen_US
dc.title.alternativeThe Ark of the Covenanten_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A1-RA-CATH-A02en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayAuguste Rodin (French sculptor, 1840-1917)en_US


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