Canova's George Washington - Rilegato

Salomon, Xavier F.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1911282174 ISBN 13: 9781911282174

Casa editrice: D Giles Ltd, 2018

Riassunto

This fascinating book tells the story of a little-known masterpiece by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757 1822)—the statue of George Washington for the North Carolina State House, delivered in 1821 and destroyed by fire ten years later. It brings together, for the first time, Canova s full-sized preparatory plaster model, sketches, engravings, drawings, and a selection of letters about the commission, some of them to or from Thomas Jefferson.

This is a major addition to the current body of published knowledge on the work of Antonio Canova, as well as on the classical revivalist sculpture of the early nineteenth century on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Recensione

"A two-century-old statue of the nation's father, in the buff, is coming to the United States for the first time. And, no, he didn't pose for it."--James Barron, The New York Times, April 23, 2017
"Italian Art Rarities Will Make American Debut at the Frick" --Joshua Barone, The New York Times, April 7, 2017

L'autore

Xavier F. Salomon is Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection. He is a noted scholar of Paolo Veronese and curated the monographic exhibition on the artist at the National Gallery, London (March-June 2014). At the Frick, he has recently curated Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene: An Italian Baroque Masterpiece from the Norton Simon Museum (2016-17). Salomon received his Ph.D. on the patronage of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has published in Apollo, The Burlington Magazine, Master Drawings, The Medal, The Art Newspaper, Journal of the History of Collections, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal. Guido Beltramini is the director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza. Mario Guderzo is the director of the Antonio Canova Museum, Possagno.

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• Editore: D Giles Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1911282174
• ISBN 13: 9781911282174
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 188