Although Aguste Rodin was working in the late 1800s and early 1900s, his statue, The Thinker was still popular and reproduced in the 1920s. Ironically titled the thinker, the man depicted appears to the modern viewer to be man and animal. This animalistic view of man would be an important part of WWI and WWII. The Thinker also seems to be a part of the rock he sits upon. This may also present man’s integral existence with nature. Rodin’s very choice to depict a ‘thinker’ suggests the many changes in thought just beginning with the ideas of Nietzsche. These ideas would evolve and become more important with the advent of World War. Today, the thinker still seems to captivate the viewer and calling one to think about human nature and existence.(Chap. 28 Age of Anxiety)
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