Antonio Canova

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Neoclassical artist human sculptor

Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor renowned for his graceful marble works that epitomize the ideals of Neoclassical art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
artisticStyle graceful forms ⓘ
idealized classical beauty ⓘ
birthDate 1757-11-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Possagno ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
burialPlace Tempio Canoviano, Possagno ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
deathDate 1822-10-13 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
familyName Canova ⓘ
fieldOfWork sculpture ⓘ
genre funerary monument ⓘ
mythological sculpture ⓘ
portrait sculpture ⓘ
givenName Antonio ⓘ
honorificTitle Marquis of Ischia ⓘ
influenced 19th-century European sculpture ⓘ
Bertel Thorvaldsen ⓘ
influencedBy Ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ
Roman antiquities ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Roman sculpture
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
memberOf Accademia di San Luca ⓘ
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Venice ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
name Antonio Canova self-link ⓘ
notableWork Hebe ⓘ
Monument to Maria Christina of Austria ⓘ
Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker ⓘ
Pauline Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix

Perseus ⓘ
surface form: Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Amore e Psiche ⓘ
surface form: Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss

The Three Graces ⓘ
Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ
Tomb of Pope Clement XIII ⓘ
Tomb of Pope Clement XIV ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
workLocation Paris ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Venus Victrix (Canova)
Canova → fullName → Antonio Canova ⓘ
Neoclassicism → majorFigure → Antonio Canova ⓘ
Pauline Bonaparte → modeledFor → Antonio Canova ⓘ
Antonio Canova → name → Antonio Canova self-link ⓘ