Paru le 28/06/2010 | Broché 111 pages
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by Jean-Loup Leguay | preface by Dominique Viéville | translation Pamela Hargreaves
Guide to the Hôtel Biron
Musée Rodin
This Guide to the Hôtel Biron delves into the history of a building and its gardens that, since 1919, have been home to the Musée Rodin. By examining its architecture and decoration, the guide shows how the building was designed and then furnished. It also outlines the history of the Hôtel Biron's successive inhabitants, from the time of its construction in the 18th century to its conversion into a museum in the 20th century.
A rich variety of illustrations, some hitherto unpublished, present the building and its environs in a historic light. Maps, plans and other photographs bear witness to their subsequent metamorphoses.
The guide also accompanies visitors on a room-by-room tour. Lastly, this fascinating, informative book helps provide greater insight into the relarionship between the monument and the works of Auguste Rodin, who chose these unique surroundings as the setting for his sculptures and collections.
Art historian Jean-Loup Leguay obtained a master's degree in art history from the Université de Paris X Nanterre (with his thesis Jacques Pierre Jean Rousseau (1733-1801), ingénieur et architecte en Picardie. Étienne Jollet was his director of studies). He has written several articles and taken part in various seminars and publications on French architecture in the Age of the Enlightenment.
