Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova
Self-portrait, 1792
Born
Antonio Canova

1 November 1757
Possagno, Republic of Venice
Died13 October 1822(1822-10-13) (aged 64)
Venice, Lombardy–Venetia
NationalityRepublic of Venice (1757–1798)
Austria (territory ceded to Austria) (1798–1805)
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, 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.

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