Two men, Saint John the Baptist and Honoré de Balzac, separated by 2000 years, by different cultures and languages, by geographical location and physical appearance, are brought to life by one of the world’s greatest sculptors, Auguste Rodin. The bronze sculptures of St. John and Balzac are exhibited at the Cantor Gallery of the College of the Holy Cross along with many other works by the famous French sculptor. Great art has longevity and Rodin’s works are as powerful now as they were when he first put his hand into a lump of clay, gouging and pushing the wet mass into portrait-likenesses of intimate friends, nude female models or imagined personalities like St. John. The key to powerful and lasting art is universality and emotional truth. In great art, we recognize the humanity, the alertness and the fragility of individuals. Rodin’s most famous examples of these attributes are “The … [Read more...] about RODIN; MODERNIST GENIUS, 1840–1917: DYNAMIC WORKS PROVE SCULPTOR’S LASTING GREATNESS