The Musee Rodin is one of my favorite places in Paris.  The grounds are beautiful and the artwork wonderfully curated.  His sculptures have a humanity and emotional poignance that touch me the way no other sculpture does — I feel like I’m witnessing creation when I look at his work.

Les six bourgeois de Calais

For those who aren’t familiar with the history of Calais, this statue commemorates the six burghers who surrendered themselves to the besieging English army in order to save the city.

Le Penseur

The Gates of Hell

Cathedral

Adam and Eve in the hand of God

The Kiss

The Age of Bronze