Psyche, Spring

The Psyche is also known as "The surprised Nymph". It is a marble sculpture going back to 1886 ca.. Rodin drew inspiration from Donatello and other great bronze sculptors of the Renaissance for works such as The Age of Bronze and St. John the Baptist Preaching. Such works also resemble pieces from the contemporary Neo-Florentines such as Paul Dubois. The Neo-Florentines used supple modelling to portray a sense of life and this resulted in accurate interpretations in bronze. This technique was obvious in Rodin's work throughout the 1880s. Later on in his career Rodin spent a great deal of time working on alternative techniques which involved assembling existing fragments. This dedication resulted in creative pieces such as The Gates of Hell which was made up of several hundred figures which Rodin went on to use on many different occasions. In the latter years of Rodin's life his works became more expressionist and some pieces such as Monument to Balzac show the artist moving away from the realism that separated him from academic sculptors. This sculpture is actually placed at the Museum of Rodin where most of his work can be found.《普赛克》（Psyche）又名《惊愕的宁芙》（The surprised Nymph），是一件可追溯至约1886年的大理石雕塑。罗丹的《青铜时代》（The Age of Bronze）与《施洗者圣约翰》（St. John the Baptist Preaching）等作品，均从多纳泰罗（Donatello）及文艺复兴时期其他杰出青铜雕塑家处汲取创作灵感。这类作品亦与同期新佛罗伦萨派艺术家，例如保罗·迪布瓦（Paul Dubois）的创作风格相近。新佛罗伦萨派以柔和的造型技法营造出鲜活的生命质感，由此在青铜材质上实现了精准的艺术诠释。这一技法在罗丹19世纪80年代的创作中体现得尤为显著。罗丹创作生涯后期投入大量精力，探索拼接现有残件的另类创作技法。这份专注催生了《地狱之门》（The Gates of Hell）等极具创新性的作品——该作品包含数百个人物形象，罗丹此后多次在不同创作中复用这些形象。罗丹晚年的创作愈发偏向表现主义，《巴尔扎克纪念碑》（Monument to Balzac）等作品便展现出他脱离曾让他与学院派雕塑家产生分歧的写实主义风格的创作轨迹。这件雕塑现藏于罗丹博物馆（Musée Rodin），该馆亦是罗丹绝大多数作品的馆藏所在地。