The ancestry ofThe Thinker goes back to the beginning phase of Christian art.
Adam. Byzantine, 12th century. Ivory.
Who is The Thinker?
- Partly Adam
- Partly Prometheus
- Partly the brute imprisoned by the passions of the flesh.
Rodin did not give him a name. Many naked figures pretend to be nude while The Thinker, like the nudes of Michelangelo, is free from subservience to the undressed model.
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