Ugolino and his Sons (recto); Anatomical Studies (verso) 1880-85 Auguste Rodin French Drawing was essential to Rodins process of translating episodes from Dante Alighieris medieval epic "Inferno" into visual form for his monumental commission "The Gates of Hell." The story of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, a traitor who was imprisoned, condemned to starvation, and ultimately resorted to eating the flesh of his own sons, particularly captured Rodins imagination. His depiction emphasizes their agony by exposing the tense musculature in their tormented bodies.. Ugolino and his Sons (recto); Anatomical Studies (verso) 411392

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Ugolino and his Sons (recto); Anatomical Studies (verso) 1880-85 Auguste Rodin French Drawing was essential to Rodins process of translating episodes from Dante Alighieris medieval epic "Inferno" into visual form for his monumental commission "The Gates of Hell." The story of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, a traitor who was imprisoned, condemned to starvation, and ultimately resorted to eating the flesh of his own sons, particularly captured Rodins imagination. His depiction emphasizes their agony by exposing the tense musculature in their tormented bodies.. Ugolino and his Sons (recto); Anatomical Studies (verso) 411392

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