The Master of Clay: The Life and Art of Clodion Born in Nancy, France, the sculptor known to history as Clodion—or Claude Michel—emerged as one of the most captivating figures of the late eighteenth century. His journey into the heart of the French art world began in 1755 when he arrived in Paris, entering the prestigious workshop of his maternal uncle, Lambert-Sigisbert Adam. This early immersion in a lineage of skilled sculptors provided him with a foundation of technical excellence that would later allow him to transcend the boundaries of traditional medium. While many of his contemporari…
A chart of Claude Michel's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
