Ugolino and His Sons

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Ugolino and His Sons is a dramatic marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting the anguished Count Ugolino from Dante’s Inferno with his children, embodying themes of despair and human suffering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marble sculpture
sculpture
work of art
artForm sculpture
artHistoricalContext Rodin’s exploration of Dante themes
artist Auguste Rodin NERFINISHED
artisticPeriod late 19th century
basedOn story of Count Ugolino in Dante’s Inferno
countryOfOrigin France
creator Auguste Rodin NERFINISHED
creatorNationality French
culturalOrigin European
depictionType group sculpture
depicts Count Ugolino della Gherardesca NERFINISHED
children of Count Ugolino
depictsMythology Christian afterlife
depictsSceneFrom Inferno, Canto 33 NERFINISHED
genre figurative sculpture
hasInfluenceFrom Italian literature
medieval poetry
hasPart figure of Ugolino
figures of Ugolino’s children
inspiredBy Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
Inferno by Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
languageOfWork none
literaryCharacterDepicted Ugolino della Gherardesca NERFINISHED
material marble
medium marble
movement Realism
Symbolism
notableFor dramatic composition
expressive anatomy
intense emotional realism
numberOfHumanFigures 5
partlyIntegratedInto The Gates of Hell (project) NERFINISHED
portraysEmotion agony
despair
fear
resignation
relatedWork The Gates of Hell NERFINISHED
subject Ugolino imprisoned with his sons
theme despair
human suffering
parental anguish
starvation
tragedy
visualStyle dramatic chiaroscuro modeling

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The Gates of Hell hasPart Ugolino and His Sons