Knoop, Wera, 258
Kunst und Künstler, 55, 165, 185, 186, 256
La Closerie des Lilas café, 56
Laon, France, 243
Larue’s nightclub, 218
Last of Their Line, The (Rilke), 73
Law of Separation (France) (1904), 173–74
Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Horace, 6–8, 36, 55, 88
Legion of Honor, 128, 178
Legros, Alphonse, 55
Leipzig, Germany, 215, 217, 247
Leonardo da Vinci, 74, 206
Letters on Cézanne (Rilke), 182
Letters to a Young Painter (Rilke), 263
Letters to a Young Poet (Rilke), vii–viii, x, 109, 219
Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 220
Life and Songs (Rilke), 19
Linz, Austria, 19
Lipps, Theodor, 21–24, 99, 100, 117, 164, 261
Lipscomb, Jessie, 43
London, England, 139, 249, 250
Lorrain, Claude, 45
Lorrain, Jean, 61
Louis-Philippe, King of France, 4
Louvre, 7, 36, 92, 93, 102, 127, 181, 209, 218, 260
Ludovici, Albert, 153
Ludovici, Anthony, 153–55
Luke, Book of, 155
Luxembourg Gardens, 9, 91, 95, 127
Macke, August, 166
Mackensen, Fritz, 56, 63
Mahler, Alma, 146
Mahler, Gustav, 128, 146
Maillol, Aristide, 167–68, 218
Major Barbara (Shaw), 139
Mâle, Émile, 245
Manet, Édouard, 33, 74, 176
Mann, Thomas, 204
Mannheim, Germany, 240
Man with the Broken Nose (Rodin), 32–34, 36, 54
Marc, Franz, 166
Marne, Battle of the (1914), 249
Mary Magdalene, 103
Mastbaum, Jules, 171
Matin, Le, 225
Matisse, Henri, 166, 172–75, 179
Ballet Russes and, 225
Hôtel Biron and, 172–75, 214
Rodin and, 168–69, 172
Max, Édouard de, 175, 195–96, 214, 226
McLaren, Ottilie, 55
Medici, Lorenzo de, 36
Medici Chapel, 36
Meier-Graefe, Julius, 74
Mendès, Catulle, 196
“Metropolis and Mental Life, The” (Simmel), 122
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 41, 151, 167, 170–71, 214
Meudon, France, 83–90, 91, 106–7, 126–37, 138–43, 150–55, 186, 190, 191, 200–201, 207, 208, 227, 240, 244, 245–47, 248, 249, 252, 253
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 9, 36–37, 38, 42, 62, 95, 123, 209, 254
Michelet, Jules, 121
Mirbeau, Octave, 44
mirroring, 216
Misérables, Les (Hugo), 4
Mitsou (Balthus), 257–58, 259, 263
Modersohn, Mathilde, 187, 188
Modersohn, Otto, 63, 67, 68–69, 70, 72, 74, 104–5, 106, 107, 118, 124–25, 155, 157, 177, 188
Modersohn-Becker, Paula, see Becker, Paula
Modigliani, Amedeo, 168
Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci), 218
Monet, Claude, 4, 33, 44, 57, 84, 163, 191, 224
Mont Sainte-Victoire (Provence, France), 181
Monument to Balzac (Rodin), 51–54, 52, 61, 141, 192, 201
Moore, George, 54
Morice, Charles, 129, 244–45
Moulin Rouge cabaret, 56, 190
Munich, Germany, 99, 100, 165
Rilke and, 20, 24, 26, 28, 80, 233, 235, 247, 248, 251, 254, 255
Westhoff and, 56, 221, 238, 240–41
Munich, University of, 20, 24, 28
Munich Secession (1892), 20
muscular empathy, 22
Musée Rodin, 48, 254
Muslims, Islam, 220
Muther, Richard, 74, 106
Muzot chateau (Switzerland), 256–63, 261
Nádherný, Sidonie, 241
Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 5
narcissism, 216
“Narcissus” (Rilke), 259
Nast, Condé, 149
Nausea (Sartre), 219
neurology, 50
New Poems (Rilke), 102, 158, 185, 190, 191, 192, 198–99, 200, 201, 209, 224, 239
New York Press, 170
New York Review of Books, 102
New York Times, 229
Niels Lyhne (Jacobsen), 24, 98, 111
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 20, 103, 154, 209, 219, 259
Andreas-Salomé and, 24–25, 25
Nietzsche Archive (Weimar, Germany), 219
Nijinsky, Vaslav, 218, 225, 226
Noailles, Anna de, 203–4
Nordau, Max, 50, 138
Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, The (Rilke), 118, 119, 121, 122, 161, 183, 185, 197, 200, 201–2, 209, 215–17, 219–20, 224
“Notes of a Painter” (Matisse), 214
Notre Dame Cathedral, 93, 133, 134, 135, 176
Nouvelle Revue Française, Le, 218, 219
“One O’clock in the Morning” (Baudelaire), 96
“On Transience” (Freud), 235–36, 237
Osbach, Joseph, 39
Panthéon (Paris, France), 135–36, 138, 141, 151, 152
“Panther, The” (Rilke), 101–2, 103
Paolo, 40
Paris, France:
Bagatelle Palace in, 176
Balthus and, 259–60
Becker and, 56–57, 59, 62, 105–7, 155–59, 177
Champs Élysées in, 60, 196
Eiffel Tower in, 60, 60
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in, 176, 183–84
Haussmann’s redesign of, 5–6, 34
horse fair in, 13
Hôtel Biron in, 170–71, 172–75, 173, 190, 191–208, 213–15, 217, 223–30, 237, 245, 248, 250, 252, 254
Hôtel du Quai Voltaire in, 176–77
Jardin des Plantes in, 13, 32, 49, 99, 176–77
Klossowska and, 256
Larue’s nightclub in, 218
Louvre in, 7, 36, 92, 93, 102, 127, 181, 209, 218, 260
Marble Depot in, 38, 39, 81
Métro subway in, 60
Montmartre in, 56, 80, 191
Montparnasse in, 56, 189
Moulin Rouge in, 56, 190
Musée Rodin in, 254
Notre Dame Cathedral in, 93, 133, 134, 135, 176
Panthéon in, 135–36, 138, 141, 151, 152
Pont Alexandre III in, 60
Revolution of 1848 and, 4–5
Rilke and, viii, 79–81, 88, 92–94, 114–15, 116, 127, 155–60, 161–62, 176–84, 187, 189–205, 209, 213–15, 217, 218–20, 223–24, 239–41, 245–48, 254, 256
Rodin’s academy in, 54–55, 56
Rodin’s studio in, 32–35, 38–40, 42, 45, 58, 81–83, 100, 106, 129, 139, 144–50
Rodin’s withdrawal from, 242
Salon d’Automne in, 166, 174, 179–82, 183, 187
Salpêtrière in, 49–50
Trocadéro Museum in, 164, 166–67
Villa Montmorency in, 218
Westhoff and, 55, 56–59, 62, 97–98, 104–7, 111, 112, 114, 124, 175, 190, 191, 240, 254
World’s Fair (1878) in, 164
World’s Fair (1900) in, 58–62, 60, 63, 86, 128, 153
World War I and, 248–49
Paris Album (Cocteau), 197
Paris Opera, 33
Paris Salon, 13–14, 33, 34, 36, 37
Paris Spleen (Baudelaire), 96
Paris Uprising (1832), 4
Paris Zoo, 99, 100
Parliament, British, 249
Parthenon, 244
Pasternak, Boris, 28
Péladan, Joséphin, 138
Personal Reminiscences of Auguste Rodin (Ludovici), 153
Petrarch, 204
phenomenology, 21
Philadelphia, Pa., Rodin Museum in, 171
Picasso, Pablo, 80, 166–67, 172, 180, 190, 225, 251
Piper, Reinhard, 165
Plato, 132
Poincaré
, Raymond, 224, 226
Postimpressionists, 258
Pound, Ezra, 102
Poussin, Nicolas, 260
Prague, Bohemia, 17, 19–20, 73, 74, 104, 137–38, 184–85, 223
Prayer (Rodin), 159
Prodigal Son, The (Rodin), 159
Prodigal Son parable, 155, 158–59, 202–3, 209, 215–16
Profound Thought (Claudel), 61
Proust, Marcel, 22, 53
Provence, France, 181, 201
Puvis de Chavannes, 50–51, 242, 253
psychoanalysis, 21, 23, 50, 145, 216, 221, 233–36, 237–39
Psychoanalytic Congress, 233
psychology, 21, 23, 49–51, 59, 117, 216
Pulitzer, Joseph, 128
Pygmalion (Shaw), 140
Pygmalion and Galatea (Rodin), 171
Raphael, 9
Redon, Odilon, 4
Red Rider, The (Kappus), 212
Rée, Paul, 24–26, 25
Reims cathedral, 243–44, 249–50, 249
Rembrandt van Rijn, 7
Renaissance, 24, 123, 164
Renoir, Pierre Auguste, 6, 33, 61, 182, 242, 245
“Requiem to a Friend” (Rilke), 197–98, 200, 202
“Return of the Prodigal Son, The” (Gide), 202–3, 219
Rilke and, 218–19
Revolution of 1848, 4–5
Riegl, Alois, 22, 23, 100
Rilke, Jaroslav von, 19
Rilke, Josef, 16–17, 73, 137–38, 262
Rilke, Rainer Maria, vii–viii, 80
Africa and, 220–21
Andreas-Salomé and, 24, 26–31, 64, 69, 114–18, 122, 123, 126, 129, 137, 156, 160–61, 165, 200–201, 204, 216, 220, 221, 237–39, 240, 247, 248
animals and, 99–102
Apollo statue and, 209–11
Balthus and, 257–58, 257, 259–60, 263
Becker and, 65–67, 69, 72, 105–7, 111, 155–58, 176, 177–78, 187
Becker’s death and, 189, 193, 197–98, 206
Becker’s portrait of, 157–58, 157
Berlin and, 28, 29, 31, 124, 160, 217
Beuret and, 84, 85–86, 88, 132–34, 133, 162
birth of, 15
Cézanne and, 179–83
Chartres cathedral and, 134–35, 158, 184
childhood and youth of, 15–19, 16
Cocteau and, 197, 198
daughter of, 70–71, 73
death as concern of, 235, 262
death of, 262–63
dreams and, 15, 114, 239
early writings of, 18, 19
education and, 17–19, 20, 24, 28, 103, 104
European wandering and, 119–26
family and, 69–70, 71, 72–73, 74, 134, 160–61, 189
father’s death and, 137–38, 262
Freud and, 233, 234–36, 237
Gide and, 218–19, 259
given name and, 15, 251, 256
health issues and, 18, 107, 111, 114, 116, 120, 189, 201–2, 206, 238, 262
“Homeric elders” of, 182
Hôtel Biron and, 191–208, 215, 223, 237
inseeing and, 99–100, 218
Italy and, 111–14, 189, 217, 236–39
Kappus and, viii, 103–4, 108–10, 112, 113, 119–20, 121, 122, 211–12, 216
Klossowska and, 256–57, 257, 259, 260, 262
languages and, 17, 28, 111–12, 255–56
letters to Rodin by, 90–91, 156, 184, 190, 192, 199, 240
letters to Westhoff by, 69, 83, 88, 90, 125, 156, 160–61, 178, 181, 182, 183, 185–86, 187, 193–94, 208–9, 221, 254
letter writing habit and, 109
Louvre and, 93, 181, 209, 218
love and, 121–22, 192
manners and, 204
marriage mythology and, 72
medicine and, 220
Mediterranean trip and, 111–14
Munich and, 20, 24, 26, 28, 80, 233, 235, 247, 248, 251, 254, 255
name change and, 28
naming of, 15
Nietzsche and, 209
Nijinsky and, 225
Paris and, viii, 79–81, 88, 92–94, 114–15, 116, 127, 155–60, 161–62, 176–84, 187, 189–205, 209, 213–15, 217, 218–20, 223–24, 239–41, 245–48, 254, 256
Provence and, 201
psychoanalysis and, 237–39
readings and lectures by, 65, 137, 184–85, 186–87, 189, 256
Rodin compared to, viii–ix
Rodin as inspiration to, 112, 182
Rodin monograph and, 74–76, 92, 95–97, 98, 104, 106, 107, 113–14, 115, 125, 154–55, 185, 210, 240, 256
Rodin’s death and, 253–54
Rodin’s final break with, 240–41, 242–45
Rodin’s first meeting with, 81–83
Rodin’s Kiss and, 75
Rodin’s letters to, 185, 186, 190
Rodin’s Man with the Broken Nose and, 33
Rodin’s Meudon villa and studio and, 83–90, 91, 127–37, 138–43, 150–52, 207, 208, 240, 245–47
Rodin’s reconciliation with, 190, 191–93, 208
Rodin’s secretaryship and, 129–32, 134, 136–37, 150–52, 156, 190
Rodin’s Thinker and, 41, 75
self-study course of, 121–22
Shaw and, 141, 151, 152
Simmel and, 23, 122–23, 124, 125, 126
sister and, 15, 217
Switzerland and, 256–63, 257, 261
Thurn und Taxis and, 203–5, 208, 217, 223, 224, 237, 238, 251
Tolstoy and, 28–29, 64, 84, 106, 182, 202
“Visions of Christ” cycle and, 26
Vogeler collaboration and, 64
Westerwede and, 70, 70
Westhoff courted by, 65–68
Westhoff’s divorce from, 221–22
Westhoff’s engagement to, 68–69
Westhoff’s marriage to, 70, 70, 160–61, 162, 176, 189, 217, 221–22
windows and, 260
women and, ix, 192–93
“worldinnerspace” and, 260–61
World War I and, 247–48, 250–52, 255
Worpswede and, 64–70, 71, 74, 94, 114, 118–19, 120, 126
Rilke, Ruth, 70–71, 73, 109, 119, 124, 134, 160, 175, 221, 248, 258–59, 262
Rilke, Sophia, 15–17, 185
Rodin, Auguste, 11, 80, 243, 257
abstract art and, 126, 163–69
American art market and, 170–71
animals and, 98–99, 100–101
antiquities and, 169
Barye and, 13–14, 98–99, 101
Becker and, 106–7
Beuret and, 34–36, 37, 38, 44, 45–46, 84, 85–86, 88, 132–34, 133, 153, 227–28, 229, 230, 246, 249, 250, 252
birth of, 4
Cambodian drawings by, 183–84, 185, 220
Cathédral Saint-Pierre and, 3–4
cathedral visits and, 132–35, 242–45
Cézanne and, 44–45, 169, 182
Chartres cathedral and, 134–35, 184, 243
Choiseul and, 148–50, 150, 169–71, 194–95, 213, 226, 227–29
Claudel and, 42–44, 45–48, 51, 61, 84, 148, 149, 228
Coburn’s photograph of, 142, 143
death of, 253–54
despotic behavior and, 151–52, 153
Duncan and, 147–48
education of, 3–10, 13, 32, 36, 55, 88, 136
England and, 54–55
English exile and, 249–50
fabrication and manufacturing of works of, 153, 171, 207
fear of death and, 207, 237, 262
female models and, 144–46
Fourquet and, 9
Gates of Hell project of, 38–42, 39, 43, 51, 61, 87, 113
Gregorian chants and, 195
hands as specialty of, 87
health issues of, 137, 139, 230, 237, 253
Hôtel Biron and, 194–95, 198, 206–8, 213–15, 217, 223–30, 245, 248, 252, 254
human form and, 9, 12–14, 34, 36
Italy and, 36–37, 38, 95, 250
Kiss and
, viii, 8, 44, 61, 75, 82, 171
Lecoq and, 6–8, 36, 55, 88
letters to Rilke from, 185, 186, 190
Letters to a Young Poet and, viii, 110, 112, 120, 212
literature and, 74–75
Louvre and, 7, 36, 92, 102, 127
Ludovici and, 153–55
Man with the Broken Nose of, 32–34, 36, 54
Matisse and, 168–69, 172
Metropolitan Museum and, 41, 170–71, 214
Meudon villa and studio of, 83–90, 91, 106–7, 126–37, 138–43, 150–55, 186, 190, 191, 200–201, 207, 208, 227, 240, 244, 245–47, 248, 249, 252, 253
Monument to Balzac of, 51–54, 52, 61, 141, 192, 201
nature and, 11–12, 89, 230
nude drawings of, 145, 146, 169, 170, 223, 225
Paris studio of, 32–35, 38–40, 42, 45, 58, 81–83, 100, 106, 129, 139, 144–50
Paris World’s Fair and, 58–62, 86, 128, 153
Prague and Secession exhibitions and, 74
press and, 225–26
Reims cathedral and, 243–44, 249–50
Renoir and, 242, 245
Rilke compared to, viii–ix
Rilke’s final break with, 240–41, 242–45
Rilke’s first meeting with, 81–83
Rilke’s letters to, 90–91, 156, 184, 190, 192, 199, 240
Rilke’s monograph on, 74–76, 92, 95–97, 98, 104, 106, 107, 113–14, 115, 125, 154–55, 185, 210, 240, 256
Rilke’s New Poems and, 199
Rilke’s reconciliation with, 190, 191–93, 208
Rilke’s secretaryship and, 129–32, 134, 136–37, 150–52, 156, 190
Rodin museum proposal and, 213–14, 217, 223, 224–26
sexuality and, 145–48, 169–70
Shaw and, 139–43, 143, 151, 152
Simmel and, 124, 145, 146, 164
Simon and, 11–12
son of, see Beuret, August-Eugène
Spanish trip and, 126, 167
style developed by, 8, 14
success and, 127–28, 136, 153, 171
“Sultan of Meudon” nickname and, 146
surmoulage charge and, 37–38
tactile intelligence and, 6
teaching and, 54–55, 56, 58, 59
Thinker and, viii, 36, 40–41, 61, 75, 135–36, 138, 141, 151, 152, 243, 252
tomb of, 253
trade sculpting work and, 10–12, 32, 35
Varèse and, 126–27
vision problems and, 6–7
Westhoff and, 58, 75, 114, 125, 175, 191, 240, 246
women and, ix, 44, 97, 144–50, 153, 169–70, 192–93, 206, 207, 229–30
work as ideal of, 85, 93, 106, 107, 199, 207, 211, 246, 247
working style of, 91–92
World War I and, 248–50
Zola’s falling out with, 53–54
Rodin, Jean-Baptiste, 4–5, 10
Rodin, Marie, 5
Rodin Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.), 171
“Rodin’s Work as an Expression of the Modern Spirit” (Simmel), 123
Roman Catholic Church, 221–22
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