Gates of Hell - Stanford University, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member DopeyDuck
N 37° 25.948 W 122° 10.248
10S E 573359 N 4143172
Rodin's Gates of Hell is an amazing sight in the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden.
Waymark Code: WM4GC6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member sailor_dave
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The Gates of Hell is a monumental bronze sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from "The Inferno", the first section of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. It stands at 6 m high, 4 m wide and 1 m deep (19.69'H × 13.12'W × 3.29'D) and contains 180 figures.
Some of the original sculptures were enlarged and became works of art of their own, including The Thinker (located above the door panels), The Kiss, Ugolino and His Children (who according to the story, ate the corpses of his children after they died by starvation), The Three Shades, Fugitive Love, Meditation, The Old Courtesan, I Am Beautiful, and Adam and Eve.

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