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6 de oct. de 2020 · Antonio Canova (1757 – 1822) nació en un pequeño pueblo del norte de Italia. Provenía de una familia de cortadores de piedra y su abuelo le enseñó a dibujar, por lo que no fue sorprendente que comenzara a tallar mármol en su juventud. En su adolescencia, Canova comenzó a trabajar con el escultor Torretti, aprendiendo y perfeccionando ...
Canova was born in 1757 in the village of Possagno near Treviso in the Veneto. His father Pietro, a stonemason, died in 1761. His mother, Angela Zardo, remarried in 1762, and entrusted Antonio to the care of his grandfather Pasino Canova (1711-1794), also a stonecutter and sculptor. The boy's precocious talent attracted the attention of Senator ...
Antonio Canova, Character Head, c. 1780, terracotta, Dino and Raffaello Tomasso. 2. Canova set off for Rome by the time he was 21. He sculpted in clay on his way to Rome. For example, he modeled the head of a young friar—but he lost that model when switching boats. In Rome, Canova often visited the art academies.
[1] Canova was universally acknowledged to be the preeminent sculptor — for many, the dominant artist — of his era. Determined to have a work from his hand, the countess negotiated a contract, signed by Canova on April 14, 1804, for a version of the artist’s marble Perseus with the Head of Medusa (1797–1801).[2]
Antonio Canova was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the classical revival, and has been characterised as having avoided the melodramatics of the former, and the cold artificiality of the latter.
Antonio Canova fue un escultor y pintor italiano del neoclasicismo. Su estilo estuvo inspirado en gran medida en el arte de la Antigua Grecia y sus obras fueron comparadas por sus contemporáneos con la mejor producción de la antigüedad, fue considerado el mejor escultor europeo desde Bernini. Su contribución en la consolidación del arte ...
