Warm Flesh, Cold Marble: Canova, Thorvaldsen, and Their Critics

by David Bindman (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2014

  $43.73

  Focusing on the aesthetic concerns of the two most important sculptors of the early 19th century, the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and his Danish rival Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), this book considers: the aesthetic autonomy of works of art, the gender of the subject, and the efficacy of marble as an imitative medium.