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[[File:Canova Self Portrait.jpg|right|190px|Antonio Canova]]
'''Antonio Canova''' (Venice, 1757 - Venice, 1822) was an [[Italian]] [[sculptor]] and painter. He is best known for his sculpture of "Pauline Bonaparte", 1805 to 1808. Other works included the tombs of popes Clement XIV (1783 – 87) and Clement XIII (1787 – 92). ''Called "the supreme minister of beauty" and "a unique and truly divine man" by contemporaries, Antonio Canova was considered the greatest sculptor of his time.'' [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=361&page=1]
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[[File:Canova Apsley House Napoleon statue.jpg|right|140px]]
[[Image:Canova Pauline Bonaparte.jpg]]
Pauline Bonaparte (1805-1808) at Borghese Gallery.
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In 1802, by special request of [[Napoleon| Napoleon I]], he went to Paris and modelled a colossal figure of the emperor, holding a Victory in his hand (Apsley House, London). His "Bust of Napoleon" is in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03298b.htm]
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Canova sculpted also, among many others, his well-known ''Three Graces'' from 1812 to 1816.
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Image:CanovasThree Graces.jpg|Three Graces.
Image:Canova Psyche and Cupid -.jpg|Psyche and Cupid.
Image:Canova Antonio Dancer c 1818 1822.jpg|Dancer.
File:Canova Cupid and Psyche.jpg|Cupid and Psyche.
File:Canova Apollo Crowning Himself.jpg|Apollo Crowning Himself.
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In 1815 Canova went to Paris, as the pope's envoy, to negotiate for the return of the art treasures carried away from Italy by Napoleon in his campaign, and conducted his mission so successfully that a large part of the spoils was recovered. In acknowledgment of his services he was created Marquis of Ischia... In 1818 Canova was commissioned to make a heroic statue of Washington for the State House, Raleigh, N.C. He clothed him as a Roman warrior but the head was mild and full of dignity. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03298b.htm]
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[[File:Antonio Canova Cupids Kiss Hermitage.jpg|380px]]
Cupid's Kiss at Hermitage.
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== See also ==
*[[Architectural Sculpture Gallery]]
*[[Sculpture]]
==External links==
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/canova_antonio.html Antonio Canova]
*[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/92969/Antonio-Canova-marchese-dIschia Antonio Canova]
*[http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/quickSearch.mac/gallery?selLang=English&tmCond=Canova Antonio Canova] State Hermitage Museum.
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[[Category:Sculptors]]