{"product_id":"rodins-egypt-9780691289304","title":"Rodin's Egypt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly illustrated exploration of how ancient Egyptian art stirred Rodin's imagination and inspired his sculpture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated as one of the fathers of modern European sculpture, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) created expressive and emotive human bodies in works that abandoned narrative and embraced the subject and materiality of his medium. While his revolutionary approach to the body broke from neoclassical tradition, he revered the works of antiquity, in which he saw the truest expressions of nature. Rodin was particularly enthralled by the art of ancient Egypt, amassing a collection of more than 1,000 Egyptian objects. \u003ci\u003eRodin's Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e--the companion volume to an exhibition at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World--reveals the profound influence Egyptian art had on Rodin's work and the advent of modernity in European sculpture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with some 120 color images, the book traces Rodin's antiquity collecting; places masterpieces by Rodin in dialogue with Egyptian sculpture, statuettes, and reliefs; and reveals Rodin's conception of the human form as a logical continuation of ancient Egyptian artistic canons. The book also illuminates how Rodin's work provides new perspectives on the body in ancient Egypt, enriching conversations on corporeality across the centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include Élisabeth David, Bénédicte Garnier, Dimitri Laboury, Alessio Delli Castelli, Faustine Boulay, and Carl Walsh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstitute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University\u003cbr\u003eNovember 19, 2025-March 15, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBénédicte Garnier \u003c\/b\u003eis curator of the exhibition \u003ci\u003eRodin's Egypt \u003c\/i\u003eand oversees the antiquities collection at the Musée Rodin in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890613125394,"sku":"9780691289304","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_474a3c2c-9f83-43a7-8266-ae1bfe17596a.jpg?v=1768311070","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rodins-egypt-9780691289304","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}