Artist: Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822)
Nationality:Italian
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Born in Venice, Antonio Canova adopted the popular Baroque and Rococo styles in his first works. These fashionable sculpture appealed to his first clientele, the Venetian nobility. While visiting Rome in 1779 and 1781, Canova began to admire the ancient Roman art and visited the studios of the restorers, Bartolomeo Cavaceppi and Francesco Antonio Franzoni. Canova’s statue, Apollo Crowning Himself came to define the Neoclassical movement. Canova was known as the greatest sculptor of his time and his reputation grew exponentially across Europe until his death in 1822.

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