Friday, April 27, 2012

Rodin Museum


Unfortunately, the Rodin Museum is closed, and will be until after I leave Philly (so sad--I have really liked living here). But the garden of the museum is open. So I stopped by with Elizabeth Bennett, since she was in town and loves Rodin.


A couple of the sculptures are outside, including this amazing cast of The Gates of Hell, which is a depiction of Dante's Inferno (the Thinker is overlooking this scene and may or may not be supposed to represent Dante). 


The Gates of Hell are a response to Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, the doors to the baptistry in Florence (which I love).

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