Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova
Self-portrait, 1792
Born
Antonio Canova

1 November 1757
Died13 October 1822(1822-10-13) (aged 64)
NationalityRepublic of Venice (1757–1798)
Austria (territory ceded to Austria) (1798–1805)[1]
Kingdom of Italy (1805–1814)
Austrian Empire (1814–1822)
Known forSculpture
Notable work
MovementNeoclassicism

Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor,[2][3] famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,[4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ The fall of Venice occurred in 1797 but was then ceded later to Austria. Encyclopedia Britannica - Venice. Accessed 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ Irwin, David, "Antonio Canova, marchese d'Ischia | Italian sculptor", Britannica.com, retrieved 1 April 2017
  3. ^ "Canòva, Antonio nell'Enciclopedia Treccani", Treccani.it, retrieved 1 April 2017
  4. ^ Turner 1996a.
  5. ^ Jean Martineau & Andrew Robinson, The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century. Yale University Press, 1994. Print.