Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland photograph of " The Call To Arms ", a bronze statue by Auguste Rodin, at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. François Auguste René Rodin. born 12 November 1840, died 17 November 1917, known as Auguste Rodin, was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
Tour Scotland photograph of " The Thinker ", a bronze statue by Auguste Rodin, at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. François Auguste René Rodin, born 1840, died 1917, was born into a working class family.He had little formal education in the fine arts and struggled against poverty throughout his career. At an early age, he attended the Petite Ecole, a school for drawing and mathematics, learning skills aimed at the commercial sector. Then, having failed the entrance examinations for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts three times, Rodin supported himself by working for several commercial studios as an assistant for a few years. In 1863, devastated by the death of his beloved sister, Maria, he joined a religious community, the Order of the Blessed Sacrament, which was under the direction of Father Pierre-Julien Eymard, who would become the subject of one of Rodin's first sculptures. Realizing that religion was not his calling, Rodin returned to Paris, where he began to work in the studios of Albert Carrier-Belleuse, a fashionable commercial sculptor, who was to have a considerable impact on the art and career of the young sculptor. At this time, Rodin also began to work on his own, creating portraits of his father and studying the works of Rubens. After a trip to Italy in 1875, Rodin also studied the works of Michelangelo, whose influence was crucial to his development and his determination to be a sculptor. Rodin created such masterpieces as " The Kiss ", " The Thinker " and " The Three Shades ", originally parts of " The Gates of Hell ".
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
Tour Scotland photograph of the bronze of Lillian Shelley in The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. Sir Jacob Epstein, 10th November 1880 to 19th August 1959, was an American born, British sculptor who worked chiefly in the UK, where he pioneered modern sculpture, often producing controversial works that challenged taboos concerning what public artworks appropriately depict. He also painted, and exhibited pictures regularly in exhibitions.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
Tour Scotland photograph of a figure of a Luohan, from the Ming Dynasty in The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. In Chinese Buddhist folklore, it was said that five hundred luohan, Buddhist saints, inhabited a peak beyond the stone bridge of Mount Tiantai located at Jiuhuashan, modern-day Qingyang County, Anhui province, China.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
Tour Scotland photograph of a figure of a Chinese Official from the Ming Dynasty in The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. The Burrell Collection is an art collection in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated in Pollok Country Park on the south side of the city. The collection was put together over many years by Sir William Burrell, a wealthy industrialist, ship owner and art collector who then gifted it to the city of Glasgow in 1944.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
