Warm flesh, cold marble : Canova, Thorvaldsen, and their critics

"This brilliant book focuses on the aesthetic concerns of the two most important sculptors of the early 19th century, the great Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and his illustrious Danish rival Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844). Rather than comparing their artistic output, the distingui...

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Main Author: Bindman, David (Author)
Other Authors: Canova, Antonio (Illustrator)
Thorvaldsen, Bertel (Illustrator)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] : Yale Univ. Press , 2014
Subjects:
Canova, Antonio > 1757-1822 > Aesthetics
Thorvaldsen, Bertel > 1770-1844 > Aesthetics
Kant, Immanuel > 1724-1804 > Aesthetics
Canova, Antonio
Thorvaldsen, Bertel
Marmorplastik
Kunstkritik
Kant, Immanuel
Ästhetik
Rezensiertes Werk
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Author Notes:David Bindman
Table of Contents:
  • Competing MasculinitiesMale and Female Together
  • The Female Figure: Sensuality, Procreation and the Life Force
  • The Colour of Sculpture: Ancient and Modern
  • Back to Kant
  • The Philosophic Critics.

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