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The Thinker Sculpture Rodin

What are some of the formal elements use in the Auguste Rodin sculpture “the thinker”? Formal = form. And form means the shape or pose of the sitter. Sitter means the figure of The Thinker. So: what is he doing? Upright? recumbent? Squatting? Scratching his head? Picking his nose? And as this is obviously a [...]