Antonio Canova

1757 - 1822

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: neoclassicism

country of citizenship: Republic of Venice

languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

educated at: Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia

occupation: sculptor, architect, painter, drawer

award received: Order of the Golden Spur, honorary citizen of Asolo

student of: Giuseppe Bernardi, Giovanni Ferrari

influenced by: Phidias

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Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the classical revival, and has been characterised as having avoided the melodramatics of the former, and the cold artificiality of the latter. Source: Wikipedia (en)