THE CATHEDRAL IS DYING

Master sculptor Auguste Rodins illuminating writings on cathedralsin France are especially relevant and significant following the r ecentfire at Notre Dame.In this volume, the writer and Rodin scholar Rachel Corbett selectsexcerpts from the famous sculptors book Cathedrals of France,first published in 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I.Cathedrals were central to the way Rodin thoug ht about his art:he saw them as visual metaphors for the human figure, among thefinest examples of craftsmanship known to modern man , and asa m...[Read more]