Auguste Rodin's "Study of a Dressing Gown for Balzac," plaster, 1897. AGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DU MUSÉE RODIN/JÉRÔME MANOUKIAN It's a real investigation that the Musée Rodin is staging ...

The connotations of the word “realism” in French literature are so varied that the magnitude of the subject is even greater than appears at first sight. In its later developments realistic ...

If, from the pavement, Hôtel Balzac blends in with the Haussmannian architecture of the huitième, inside, its communal spaces and 58 rooms have been reimagined by Charlotte de Tonnac and Hugo Sauzay, ...