Cycle 13 · 27 May 2025Flagrante Delights- 19:43His statue of Balzac, an example of art in three dimensions.
Rodin
Appears in 9 videos · 9 passages.
Summary
Dominique Pagani discusses Rodin mainly through The Thinker, which he takes as the image of a philosophy of introspection12. He uses it to show what self-knowledge is not: knowing oneself is not "racking one's brains" like The Thinker3. He also takes the statue as an example of an essence that can be named4. The Kiss comes up twice. He first presents it as a modern depiction of the kiss, admired by Rilke5. Later, he sees in it a vigorous embrace, the opposite of hands that rest without weighing6. Rodin also serves him as a point of comparison: in his view, the heads on Romanesque capitals are closer to African sculpture than to Rodin7. Finally, he cites the statue of Balzac as an example of an art that unfolds in three dimensions8.
- 1Hegel on the Beach 5/52 Feb 2016 · 54:24
- 2“Red-browns”, “decolonial”: should we use the dominant language?31 Mar 2021 · 19:14
- 3#2.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising?1 Aug 2017 · 39:50
- 4#10.1 The eternal irony of the community22 Sept 2021 · 57:28
- 5#11 Return to the logics of the subject21 Jun 2020 · 1:04:33
- 6Evil, or the “unknowing” of the self2 Dec 2024 · 36:46
- 7Everything is allowed but nothing is possible: Michel Clouscard (2)29 Jan 2012 · 54:16
- 8Flagrante Delights27 May 2025 · 19:43
Summary produced automatically from 9 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
Who is this?François Auguste René Rodin (; French:; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. […]
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Cycle 13 · 27 May 2025Flagrante Delights
Cycle 13 · 2 Dec 2024Evil, or the “unknowing” of the self- 36:46The KissA vigorous, modern embrace, the opposite of hands that rest without weighing.
Cycle 10 · 22 Sept 2021#10.1 The eternal irony of the community- 57:28The Thinker, example of essence that can be named.
Series · 31 Mar 2021“Red-browns”, “decolonial”: should we use the dominant language?- 19:14The ThinkerPagani takes this sculpture as an image of the philosophy of introspection.
Cycle 8 · 21 Jun 2020#11 Return to the logics of the subject- 1:04:33The KissModern figuration of the kiss, admired by Rilke.
Cycle 2 · 1 Aug 2017#2.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising?- 39:50The ThinkerTo know oneself is not to hold one's head like the Thinker.
Cycle 2 · 1 Aug 2017#2.7 Between crisis and war: philosophising?- 1:39:52The ThinkerTo know oneself is not to hold one's head like the Thinker.
Series · 2 Feb 2016Hegel on the Beach 5/5- 54:24The ThinkerImage of introspection.
Series · 29 Jan 2012Everything is allowed but nothing is possible: Michel Clouscard (2)- 54:16the heads on Romanesque capitals are closer to African sculpture than to Rodin