File:Clevelandart 1960.85.jpg
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[edit]Auguste Rodin: The Fall of the Angels
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The Fall of the Angels |
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The entwined couple in this sculpture recalls the figures on Rodin’s monumental doorway The Gates of Hell. Struck by Dante Alighieri’s descriptions of the damned suffering in hell because of their sins of the flesh, Rodin populated his portal with embracing lovers symbolic of carnal desire and sensual pleasure. Here, a winged figure alludes to the biblical account of the angels who were cast out of Heaven after siding with Satan (Revelation 12:4). Rodin preferred marble for erotic subjects. The juxtaposition between the smooth, sensual surfaces of the figures and the rough-hewn areas below gives the impression that the couple is blossoming into life from hard, lifeless stone. |
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| Date | 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Marble | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 53.5 x 69.9 x 40.6 cm (21 1/16 x 27 1/2 x 16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Modern European Painting and Sculpture |
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1960.85 |
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| Place of creation | France, late 19th-early 20th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
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