Canova at the Metropolitan Museum of art

You've heard of Michelangelo, of Raphael and of Leonardo da Vinci but maybe it's time to expand your artistic horizons.

Antonio Canova was the most celebrated artist in Europe in the early nineteenth century 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.

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Fonte: Italian Good News

 

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