- Title :
-
Rodin : the Zola of sculpture; Aldershot; Burlington, VT; Ashgate
The gift to the British nation : Rodin at the V & A
- Author :
- MITCHELL, Claudine ;
- Publication year :
-
2004
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Rodin's wish for a Rodin Room in a major London museum led him to donate to the Victoria and Albert Museum a collection of his work, exhibited in London the previous July in L'Art Francais décoratif contemporain 1800-1885 at Grosvenor House. Archives reveal that the debate over whether or not to accept the sculpture involved a combination of elements: anatagonism towards Rodin remained, although this was no longer an influence; concern over the place accredited with the collecting and displaying of sculpture in the art establishment; and the functions and policies of the Victoria and Albert Museum. With the outbreak of war the gift took on a historico-political dimension which enabled the gift to be accepted in the name of Anglo-French relations and absorbed into the propaganda of the war effort. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 3 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Collections ; Culture ; Dons ; Exposition ; France ; Grande-Bretagne ; Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) ; London (GBR), Grosvenor House Hotel ; London (GBR), Victoria and Albert Museum ; Mécénat ; Musée ; Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 ; Sculpture ; 1800-2000 ;
- Descriptors :
- Collections ; Culture ; Exhibitions ; France ; Gifts ; Great Britain ; London (GBR), Grosvenor House Hotel ; London (GBR), Victoria and Albert Museum ; Museums ; Patronage ; Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 ; Sculpture ; World War (1914-1918) ; 1800-2000 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24875505 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 0754609049 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ;
UNITED STATES ;
