Canova

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Canova was a renowned Italian Neoclassical sculptor celebrated for his marble masterpieces depicting mythological and historical subjects.

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Canova canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian person
Neoclassical artist
human
sculptor
artForm marble sculpture
birthDate 1757-11-01
birthPlace Possagno
Republic of Venice
commemoratedBy Tempio Canoviano, Possagno
surface form: Museo Canova in Possagno
countryOfCitizenship Italy
deathDate 1822-10-13
deathPlace Venice
familyName Canova self-link
fullName Antonio Canova
genre funerary monument
mythological sculpture
portrait sculpture
givenName Antonio
hasPlaceOfBurial Tempio Canoviano, Possagno
influenced 19th-century European sculpture
Bertel Thorvaldsen
influencedBy Ancient Greek sculpture
Ancient Roman sculpture
knownFor idealized marble figures
mythological subjects
refined surface finish
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
movement Neoclassicism
notableWork Cupid and Psyche (standing group)
Hebe
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
patron House of Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pope Pius VII
style Neoclassical
workLocation Paris
Rome
Venice
Vienna

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Antonio Canova familyName Canova
Canova familyName Canova self-link