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Quiz: Auguste Rodin - art and life
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Question 1
Answer the following questions.
Question 2
Who was he?
A sculptor of 19th-century France, noted for realistic movement in his work.
Question 3
What's the name of the sculpture?
The Kiss
Question 4
What is the subject of Rodin's 'Burghers of Calais'?
6 town leaders from medieval France who are sacrificing themselves to save their town
Question 5
What is impressionist about Rodin's portrayal of the burghers?
The disorganized, disheveled arrangement of the men.
Question 6
"The Walking Man" represented on the picture is sculptured by Auguste Rodin in 1910.
False
Question 7
What's the name of the sculpture?
Danaid
Question 8
Rodin originally titled The Kiss as The Poet.
False
Question 9
When did Auguste Rodin marry Rose Beuret?
29th January 1917
Question 10
What's the name of the sculpture?
The Gates of Hell
Question 11
The Société des Gens des Lettres, a Parisian organization of writers, planned a monument to French novelist ________________ immediately after his death in 1850.
Honoré de Balzac
Question 12
What year did Auguste Rodin pass away?
1917
Question 13
What's the material, that Rodin used for "The Gates of Hell" for Musee d'Orsay in Paris?
Plaster
Question 14
What's the name of the sculpture?
The Thinker
Question 15
Many of his most notable sculptures were _________ during his lifetime.
criticized