When you think of Auguste Rodin, where does your mind go? Probably to Paris. Rodin is indeed one of the most well-known French sculptors in history. There is an entire Museum in Paris (Le Musée Rodin) dedicated to his life’s works and his personal history.  But there’s a second major collection of Rodin’s works… In California? Indeed, the largest collection of Rodin sculptures outside of Paris is housed in the Cantor Arts Center on the campus of Stanford University. I took a

Across humanity's relatively short existence, it is rare to find something that unanimously exists in every culture on Earth. Cultures across the world express themselves through a variety of mediums, such as food, language, art, and this post's topic: mythology.  Every culture on this planet has creatures that go bump in the night – something that exists only in your peripheral vision, and stories to explain how the world works. Some exist for lessons, some for warnings, and

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Beginnings Ballet had its earliest beginnings in the Italian Renaissance as a court dance. After the marriage of Catherine de Médici  (an...

A Trailblazer Kenzo Takada was born in Osaka, Japan in 1939. By the time of his retirement, Takada had successfully brought his...

Early Life Parisian painter Claude Monet changed the direction of the art world with both his talent and influence in the creation of...

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