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Exposition In Paris An Entire: At the 1900 Exposition in Paris an entire building was given up to the display of Rodin's works. In addition to his marble and bronze figures were many water-color drawings and etchings. Further illustrating the versatility of his genius are a number of writings on various subjects, of which the most notable is (Les cathedrales de France1 (1914). Consult Marx, (Auguste Rodin, Ceramiste' (Paris 1907) ; Lawton, F., 'Life and Work of Auguste Rodin' (New York 1907) ; Dirks, R., 'Auguste Rodin> (Paris 1913) ; Bulletin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Supplement (New York, May 1912) ; Harris, F., (Contemporary Portraits' (New York 1915) ; Benedite, L., 'Rodin' (N. Y. 1927).It was the Paris Exposition of Decorative Art of 1925 that dramatized what had already been accomplished. Here were exhibited the new forms and concepts which these gifted Europeans were using in their designs for individual pieces or, more frequently, for entire rooms. At first they worked more in the realm of personal interpretations and free adaptations of the decorative designs of other periods and times. They took old patterns at will, subdued ornament and emphasized proportions and unadorned surfaces.
The deliberate, even apathetic, pace of evolution in architectural tastes and styles often finds exceptions at world's fairs. As early as the 1889 Paris Exposition, Alexandre Eiffel, a French engineer, explored and exploited the great potentiality of steel in his 984-ft (300-m) Eiffel Tower. On the other hand, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was designed in the Classical Revival style. |
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