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Book cover of Canova. Four Tempos Volume III, featuring marble sculpture of Venus Italica by Antonio Canova. Published by 5 Continents Editions.
Book cover of Canova. Four Tempos Volume III, featuring marble sculpture of Venus Italica by Antonio Canova. Published by 5 Continents Editions.
Book cover of Canova. Four Tempos Volume III, featuring marble sculpture of Venus Italica by Antonio Canova. Published by 5 Continents Editions.
Book cover of Canova. Four Tempos Volume III, featuring marble sculpture of Venus Italica by Antonio Canova. Published by 5 Continents Editions.

Canova. Four Tempos: Volume III

Photographs by Luigi Spina
By (author) Vittorio Sgarbi

£37.00

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  • A collection of sublime black and white photographs of plaster models created by Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822)
  • Photographed by Luigi Spina with text by art historian Vittorio Sgarbi
Full Description

Antonio Canova (1757-1822), is considered the greatest Neoclassical sculptor of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This book, the third in the series Canova: Four Tempos, features a collection of sublime black and white photographs of Canova’s plaster models taken by photographer Luigi Spina. The full-size plaster models that preceded the production of his marble sculptures played an important part in Canova’s creative process. Included here are his masterpieces The Three Graces and Sleeping Nymph, and the only work Canova made for an overseas patron, George Washington depicted as a Roman potentate. The text is by the well-known Italian art historian Vittorio Sgarbi.

Also available: Canova: Four Tempos, Vol. 1, ISBN 9788874399215, and Canova: Four Tempos Vol. 2 9788874399598

About the Author

Luigi Spina is an Italian photographer. With 5 Continents Editions he has published The Buchner Boxes (2014), Hemba (2017), and Diario Mitico (2017). With 5 Continents and with the cooperation of Valeria Sampaolo he has also created the series Rare and Precious Objects from the National Archaeological Museum in Naples and Hidden Treasures, which includes the following volumes: The Farnese Cup, Alexander’s Mosaic, San Domenico di Niccolò dell’Arca, and The Riace Bronzes.
Vittorio Sgarbi is an Italian art critic, the curator of internationally acclaimed exhibitions, a refined collector, and the author of popular volumes on the importance of culture and art. Among his most recent publications is Ecce Caravaggio. Da Roberto Longhi a oggi (La Nave di Teseo, 2021). He is also a politician and an independent free thinker. 

Specifications
Publisher
5 Continents Editions
ISBN
9791254600252
Published
20th Apr 2023
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding Italy and France
Size
300 mm x 240 mm
Pages
180 Pages
Illustrations
61 b&w
Name of series
Canova. Four Tempos
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