Rodin

The Cantor Art Center’s collection of Rodin bronzes is the largest in the world outside Paris, second only to the Musee Rodin. More than 50 works by Rodin are on view inside the Center, mostly cast bronze, but also works in wax, plaster, and terra cotta. Twenty bronzes, including The Gates of Hell, on which Rodin worked for two decades to complete, are outside in the Sculpture Garden. The Burghers of Calais are nearby on campus.

The Rodin Sculpture Garden is open all hours, with lighting for nighttime viewing. Admission is free.

One can linger here and get lost staring at that Gates of Hell. It turned out Rodin prototyped parts of Gates of Hell independently. The original Gates were in plaster, then casted into bronze.

If you are in the neighborhood of Stanford University, Palo Alto, stop by.

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