​Auguste Rodin Museum Assignment: Choose a piece of artwork and write a paragraph of responses.

Going to the Rodin museum was an experience that I will never forget, despite the rain and mud this exploration of one of art history’s most celebrated sculptors was inspiring. I walked through the gardens and witnessed the standing masterpieces of the Burghers of Clay, which is a sculpture exhibit that commemorating the Hundred Year War between France and England. As I walked through the house I found one sculpture that stood out to me more that the rest L’Homme Qui Marche (The Walking Man.) Compositionally this sculpture had no humanity due to its lack of face and arms, but the structure of it simple symmetrical A-Frame structure was stunning. The detail in the ridges and folds in the body were remarkable to see in person, which was what Rodin was known for. In the room that it was housed it towered above the rest in a central location, backlit with the greenery of Rodin’s beautiful gardens. I saw many art pieces in this museum that were equally as stunning, but L’Homme Qui Marche was spectacularly simple and exactly what my eyes needed as I work on my upcoming thesis project.