Il pratique également la peinture avec succès.

Il n'a jamais été accepté par son récipiendaire, malgré un entretien qu'eut Canova avec ce dernier en 1810 où il tenta d'expliquer sa démarche esthétique. He created a classic ideal of human beauty which exerted a strong influence on academic sculpture during most of the 19th century.

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Il est renommé pour la délicatesse de ses sculptures sur marbre.

Despite the burgeoning presence of other art cities worldwide, such as London and Paris, Rome still detained great importance for an artist’s education. She writes about art, culture, and food.
Canova was bestowed with the title of Inspector General of the Fine Arts of the Papal States after impressing the Vatican with some of his contributions to their collection before he then later produced a series of sculptures of Napoleon after French forces had successfully invaded parts of the Papal States. Some aspects of this site are protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. He traveled widely and worked in Rome, Paris, and Vienna.

Les Trois Grâces, A. Canova. Giovanni Ceccarini, Antonio Canova Seated with His Arm Around the Phidian Herm of Jupiter, c. 1820. 01.jpg, Antonio canova, genio dell'indipendenza della nazione portoghese, 1807 ca. His statues were not meant to stand in niches. Il sculptait le corps féminin avec un modelé fin et un souci de délicatesse qui se retrouve dans le drapé, aussi bien de face que de dos.

It was in Rome, around 1781, that he begun to create his earliest works. Il consacre une bonne partie de sa fortune que lui valait son art à des activités de bienfaisance ou de soutien à de jeunes artistes ou d'artistes dans le besoin. Canova joue un rôle dans le roman de Frédéric Vitoux Sérénissime (1990). Late in the century, however, Canova's work was harshly criticized as cold, lifeless, uninspired, and a mere imitation of ancient art. In this milieu, Antonio Canova (1757-1822) is credited with reviving sculpture as an artistic genre. “He never got into restoration, but he became an inventor of modern sculpture, albeit looking to antiquity as an inspiration.” It didn’t hurt that he showed great interest in Giambologna and Bernini: “we found, in Canova, a display of virtuosity and sensuality that is not too far off what we found in mannerist and baroque masters.”. Si Canova refusait d'avoir des élèves, il fut souvent imité de son vivant et après sa mort.

Antonio Canova, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, 1804–1806. Fashionable and artistic taste began to shift slowly from the rococo to the art of antiquity, and when Canova reached maturity as a sculptor, neoclassicism had achieved a virtually complete triumph in painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts. In the statue of Napoleon, which is nearly 12 feet

“In Hercules and Lichas, by representing Lichas about to be flung into the sea, he renders the impending burst of force and energy and the dynamism in a way that anticipates what both Rodin and the futurists would do.”.