Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble...
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Antonio Canova's statue The Three Graces is a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three Charites, daughters of Zeus – identified on...
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Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (8 February 1828 – 8 August 1897) was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for serving six terms as Prime...
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Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (category Sculptures by Antonio Canova)
Психея, romanized: Amúr i Psikhéja) is a sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova first commissioned in 1787 by Colonel John Campbell. It is regarded...
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reclining neo-Classical portrait sculpture by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. Reviving the ancient Roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal...
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villa is a museum, whose collection includes works by sculptors such as Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Giovanni Migliara; painters such as Francesco...
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style of a Roman general, by the Venetian-Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. Commissioned by the State of North Carolina in 1815, it was completed...
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Theseus and the Minotaur (sculpture) (category Sculptures by Antonio Canova)
Theseus and the Minotaur is a 1781-1782 white marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which bought it in 1962...
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Canova may refer to: Antonio Canova (1757–1822), Venetian sculptor Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer Frank J. Canova...
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anarchist, born in Foggia, Italy. He assassinated Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo in 1897 and was captured and executed by Spanish authorities...
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painting by Raphael, 1517. Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1787. Rings from Roman Britain engraved with images of the two lovers...
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Antonio Canaletto, Italian painter Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor Antonio Benedetto Carpano, Italian distiller...
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antiquarian Ennio Quirino Visconti, painter Jacques-Louis David, sculptor Antonio Canova and architects Léon Dufourny or Pierre Fontaine. On Denon's suggestion...
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(early 1680s). Perseus with the Head of Medusa (marble sculpture) by Antonio Canova (1801) Medusa (1854), marble sculpture by Harriet Hosmer, collection...
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Giulio di Antonio Bonasone Sandro Botticelli (1482); detail of Primavera; Marie Bracquemond (1880) Trois femmes aux ombrelles Antonio Canova (1799) The...
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The Museo Canova is a museum established in 1833 at the birthplace of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757–1822) in Possagno in the province of Treviso...
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height: 172 cm; Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany Venus Victrix; by Antonio Canova; 1804–1808; marble; length: 200 cm; Galleria Borghese, Rome Bust of...
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Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker by Antonio Canova...
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"Antonio Canova a Padova." Padova Cultura. Retrieved 25 August 2024. https://padovacultura.padovanet.it/it/attivita-culturali/1822-2022-antonio-canova-padova...
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Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, by Antonio Canova, first version 1787–1793...
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Torretti and his nephew Giuseppe Torretti, and at the end of the republic Antonio Canova. Some other important artists are the architects Girolamo Frigimelica...
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prelude to the museum and features neoclassical marble sculptures by Antonio Canova and his followers. In the middle, the gallery opens to the main staircase...
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Pagano, Via Agostino Bertani, Via Antonio Canova, and Via Francesco Melzi d'Eril. Via Melzi d'Eril and Via Antonio Canova form a half circle concentric to...
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museum. In his time, he was seen as the successor of master sculptor Antonio Canova. Among his more famous public monuments are the statues of Nicolaus...
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pieces from the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. The Empress was given a copy of Canova's work Cupid and Psyche, which was originally promised...
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convention is occasionally also described in the modern era, such as Antonio Canova's statue of Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (1802–1806) or George Bellows'...
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Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (category Sculptures by Antonio Canova)
the Peacemaker is a colossal heroic nude statue by the Italian artist Antonio Canova, of Napoleon I of France in the guise of the Roman god Mars. He holds...
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listed structure. Marble sculpture by Antonio Canova (Vatican City), c. 1800. The marble sculpture by Antonio Canova (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)...
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damage. Elgin consulted with Italian sculptor Antonio Canova in 1803 about how best to restore the marbles. Canova was considered by some to be the world's...
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Treviso Airport (category Antonio Canova)
(150 ft) wide. The new terminal was opened in 2007. It was named after Antonio Canova, a famous Italian sculptor. In December 2020, Ryanair announced it would...
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