The Three Shades
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The Three Shades is a sculptural group by Auguste Rodin depicting three identical, intertwined male figures that dramatically crown his monumental work The Gates of Hell.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Three Shades canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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sculptural group ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Rodin's reuse and multiplication of a single figure
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key component of Rodin's The Gates of Hell ⓘ |
| artist | Auguste Rodin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | Camille Claudel (studio collaborator of Rodin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | The Gates of Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | single male figure repeated three times ⓘ |
| collectionType | multiple authorized casts ⓘ |
| color | dark patinated bronze (for many casts) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creationPeriod | circa 1880s ⓘ |
| creator | Auguste Rodin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
intertwined male figures
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three male figures ⓘ |
| figureCount | 3 ⓘ |
| figureIdentity | identical figures ⓘ |
| functionInGatesOfHell | crowning group above the portal ⓘ |
| genre | symbolist sculpture ⓘ |
| gesture | right arms extended and pointing downward ⓘ |
| iconographicRole | guardians of the entrance to Hell ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interpretation | figures indicating the inscription "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
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plaster (for some versions) ⓘ |
| movement | French sculpture of the late 19th century ⓘ |
| notableCastLocation |
Musée Rodin, Paris
NERFINISHED
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Musée d'Orsay, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodin Museum, Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria and Albert Museum, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation |
figures inclined forward
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heads lowered ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Les Trois Ombres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Gates of Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pose | torsos twisted in different directions ⓘ |
| positionInWork | crowns The Gates of Hell ⓘ |
| rightsHolder | Musée Rodin (for original plasters and many casts) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | expressive realism ⓘ |
| subject | damned souls ⓘ |
| technique | lost-wax casting (for bronze versions) ⓘ |
| theme | Dante's Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.