The Thinker

Today we visited Musee de Rodin. One of the pieces kept at the Musee de Rodin is a sculpture by Aguste Rodin. This famous sculpture is called The Thinker. The Thinker was originally called the Poet and is part of another one of Rodin's sculptures called The gates of hell. The gates of hell is a sculpture that shows a gate with some of Rodin's other pieces on it, creatures that look like black demons. Rodin first made a plaster copy of The Thinker in 1880, the first bronze copy was finished in 1902. The Thinker was not shown to to paris until 1904. It was moved to Hotel Biron in 1922 which was later made into The Musee de Rodin. The Thinker was supposed to be of a poet named Dante and each of the different parts of the Gate of Hell represent the main Charactors in Dante's poem "Epic Poem". To me The thinker represents a man thinking of words and thoughts as if in a poem I also think that he is thinking about what will happen in the future, like when he dies. Thats why he was put on the gate of Hell. The Thinker was an inspiring and unique sculpture that makes you wonder what exactly he is thinking about.