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Rodin has pronounced Rilke's essay the supreme interpretation of his work. (From the translators’ Preface)
Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art. Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. … Rodin… modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. From the unexpected realism of his first major figure… to the unconventional memorials whose commissions he later sought, Rodin's reputation grew, such that he became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist, "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets", writing in both verse and highly lyrical prose. Several critics have described Rilke's work as inherently "mystical"…. [Rilke’s] encounter with modernism was very stimulating: Rilke became deeply involved in the sculpture of Rodin, and then with the work of Paul Cézanne. For a time he acted as Rodin's secretary, also lecturing and writing a long essay on Rodin and his work. Rodin taught him the value of objective observation…
( Wikipedia and Translators' Preface)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45605
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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- Project Code: C3FSUyOt
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Rainer Maria Rilke) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 4
- Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: Yes
- Original publication date (if known): 1903
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography; Culture & Heritage; *Non-fiction/Art, Design & Architecture
Keywords that describe the book: art, interpretation, scupture, rodin
============================================ - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "Chapter [number] of Auguste Rodin. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Auguste Rodin, by Rainer Maria Rilke. Translated by Jessie Lemont ( - 0) and others [Chapter]"
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"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
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"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
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"End of Auguste Rodin, by Rainer Maria Rilke. Translated by Jessie Lemont ( - 0) and others"
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- Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Rainer Maria Rilke
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Auguste Rodin
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