Camille Claudel at work: Sakountala.
Silvana Editoriale, Camille Claudel Museum| N° d'inventaire | 31687 |
| Format | 20.5 x 25.5 |
| Détails | 112 p., bound |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836658459 |
Sakountala, one of Camille Claudel's masterpieces, is a thread that allows us to retrace the artist's career. This book, published on the occasion of the exhibition "Camille Claudel at Work: Sakountala," presented at the Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine, looks back at the context of this sculpture's creation, the highly turbulent history of its reception, and its many avatars, from The Abandonment to Wounded Niobid, including Vertumnus and Pomona. This catalog also offers insights into the highly original literary source that inspired Camille Claudel: The Recognition of Sakountala, a myth from ancient Indian literature. Popular in Europe at the time of the sculptor, it gave rise to various translations as well as stage adaptations, in ballet or theater, throughout the 19th century and again in the 20th century. Unpublished texts and work notices thus offer a fresh perspective on this major work, the only one to have earned Camille Claudel an award at the Salon and which she continued to revisit until the end of her career.
Sakountala, one of Camille Claudel's masterpieces, is a thread that allows us to retrace the artist's career. This book, published on the occasion of the exhibition "Camille Claudel at Work: Sakountala," presented at the Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine, looks back at the context of this sculpture's creation, the highly turbulent history of its reception, and its many avatars, from The Abandonment to Wounded Niobid, including Vertumnus and Pomona. This catalog also offers insights into the highly original literary source that inspired Camille Claudel: The Recognition of Sakountala, a myth from ancient Indian literature. Popular in Europe at the time of the sculptor, it gave rise to various translations as well as stage adaptations, in ballet or theater, throughout the 19th century and again in the 20th century. Unpublished texts and work notices thus offer a fresh perspective on this major work, the only one to have earned Camille Claudel an award at the Salon and which she continued to revisit until the end of her career.