Canovas George Washington
This fascinating book tells the story of a little-known masterpiece by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822)--the statue of George Washington for the North Carolina State House, delivered in 1821 and destroyed by fire ten years later. It brings together, for the first time, Canova's full-sized preparatory plaster model, sketches, engravings, drawings, and a selection of letters about the commission, some of them to or from Thomas Jefferson.
This is a major addition to the current body of published knowledge on the work of Antonio Canova, as well as on the classical revivalist sculpture of the early nineteenth century on both sides of the Atlantic.
| Publisher Name | Giles |
|---|---|
| Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
| Format | Audio |
| Bisac Subject Major | ART |
| Language | NG |
| Isbn 10 | 1911282174 |
| Isbn 13 | 9781911282174 |
| Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
| Dimensions | 01.12" H x 00.10" L x 00.00" W |
| Page Count | 188 |
Xavier F. Salomon is Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection. He is a noted scholar of Paolo Veronese and curated the monographic exhibition on the artist at the National Gallery, London (March-June 2014). At the Frick, he has recently curated Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene: An Italian Baroque Masterpiece from the Norton Simon Museum (2016-17). Salomon received his Ph.D. on the patronage of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has published in Apollo, The Burlington Magazine, Master Drawings, The Medal, The Art Newspaper, Journal of the History of Collections, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal. Guido Beltramini is the director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza. Mario Guderzo is the director of the Antonio Canova Museum, Possagno.
