Antonio Canova
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born November 1, 1757, died October 13, 1822. He was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture.
Antonio Canova was born in Possagno, a village in the Veneto situated amid the recesses of the hills of Asolo, where these form the last undulations of the Venetian Alps, as they subside into the plains of Treviso.
Psyche Revives by Love?s Kiss, on loan from the Louve.
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Theseus and the Minotaur V&A London
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Three Graces on loan from The Hermitage, Russia
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Magdalen, on loan from The Hermitage, Russia
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Perseus beheads Medusa Among Canova's heroic compositions, his Perseus with the Head of Medusa appeared soon after his return from Germany. The moment of representation is when the hero, flushed with conquest, displays the head of the "snaky Gorgon", whilst the right hand grasps a sword of singular device. By a public decree, this fine work was placed in one of the stanze of the Vatican hitherto reserved for the most precious works of antiquity.
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Monument to Canova in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, designed by Canova as a mausoleum for the painter Titian.
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The reclining Pauline Bonaparte in the center of the room holds an apple (fig. 1) in her hand evoking the Venus Victrix in the judgement of Paris, who was chosen to settle a dispute between Juno (power), Minerva (arts and science) and Venus (love). The same subject was painted on the ceiling by Domenico de Angelis (1779), framed by Giovan Battista Marchetti's tromp d'oeil architecture, and was inspired by a famous relief on the fa?ade of the Villa Medici.
This marble statue of Pauline in a highly refined pose is considered a supreme example of the Neoclassical style. Antonio Canova executed this portrait (fig. 2) between 1805 and 1808 without the customary drapery of a person of high rank, an exception at the time, thus transforming this historical figure into a goddes of antiquity in a pose of classical tranquillity and noble semplicity.
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born November 1, 1757, died October 13, 1822. He was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture.
Antonio Canova was born in Possagno, a village in the Veneto situated amid the recesses of the hills of Asolo, where these form the last undulations of the Venetian Alps, as they subside into the plains of Treviso.
Psyche Revives by Love?s Kiss, on loan from the Louve.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Psyche_revived_LouvreCanova.jpg
Theseus and the Minotaur V&A London
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/CanovaTheseus__Minotaur.jpg
Three Graces on loan from The Hermitage, Russia
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Canova-Three_Graces_.jpg
Magdalen, on loan from The Hermitage, Russia
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Canova-Magdalene.jpg
Perseus beheads Medusa Among Canova's heroic compositions, his Perseus with the Head of Medusa appeared soon after his return from Germany. The moment of representation is when the hero, flushed with conquest, displays the head of the "snaky Gorgon", whilst the right hand grasps a sword of singular device. By a public decree, this fine work was placed in one of the stanze of the Vatican hitherto reserved for the most precious works of antiquity.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Perseus_Beheads_MedusaCanova.jpg
Monument to Canova in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, designed by Canova as a mausoleum for the painter Titian.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Canova_tombforTitian.jpg
The reclining Pauline Bonaparte in the center of the room holds an apple (fig. 1) in her hand evoking the Venus Victrix in the judgement of Paris, who was chosen to settle a dispute between Juno (power), Minerva (arts and science) and Venus (love). The same subject was painted on the ceiling by Domenico de Angelis (1779), framed by Giovan Battista Marchetti's tromp d'oeil architecture, and was inspired by a famous relief on the fa?ade of the Villa Medici.
This marble statue of Pauline in a highly refined pose is considered a supreme example of the Neoclassical style. Antonio Canova executed this portrait (fig. 2) between 1805 and 1808 without the customary drapery of a person of high rank, an exception at the time, thus transforming this historical figure into a goddes of antiquity in a pose of classical tranquillity and noble semplicity.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/CanovaPaulineBonapart1805-08.jpg
((All information and images are taken from Wikipedia. Full credit and rights belong to Wikipedia. Images are Public Domain due to copyright expiration.))