Eternal Spring
by RODIN, Auguste, Marble. height 77 cm
As part of the Gates of Hell, Rodin also intended to include a depiction of lovers condemned to eternal torments. This idea became the basis for many of his sculptures devoted to passion. The combination it proposed - of pleasure and torment, instantaneous ecstasy and eternity - proved exceptionally in tune with his striving to show a moment of swift movement and a paroxysm of emotion.