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    Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble...
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    Antonio Canova's statue The Three Graces is a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three Charites, daughters of Zeus – identified on...
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    Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (category Sculptures by Antonio Canova)
    Психея, romanized: Amúr i Psikhéja) is a sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova first commissioned in 1787 by Colonel John Campbell. It is regarded...
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    Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (8 February 1828 – 8 August 1897) was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for serving six terms as Prime...
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    reclining neo-Classical portrait sculpture by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. Reviving the ancient Roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal...
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    Unionist Antonio Cánovas del Castillo ―which would be the nucleus around which the Conservative Party of the Restoration would be formed―. Cánovas indicated...
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    prelude to the museum and features neoclassical marble sculptures by Antonio Canova and his followers. In the middle, the gallery opens to the main staircase...
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    height: 172 cm; Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany Venus Victrix; by Antonio Canova; 1804–1808; marble; length: 200 cm; Galleria Borghese, Rome Bust of...
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    villa is a museum, whose collection includes works by sculptors such as Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Giovanni Migliara; painters such as Francesco...
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    (early 1680s). Perseus with the Head of Medusa (marble sculpture) by Antonio Canova (1801) Medusa (1854), marble sculpture by Harriet Hosmer, collection...
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    pieces from the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. The Empress was given a copy of Canova's work Cupid and Psyche, which was originally promised...
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    antiquarian Ennio Quirino Visconti, painter Jacques-Louis David, sculptor Antonio Canova and architects Léon Dufourny or Pierre Fontaine. On Denon's suggestion...
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    Theseus and the Minotaur (sculpture) (category Sculptures by Antonio Canova)
    Theseus and the Minotaur is a 1781-1782 white marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which bought it in 1962...
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    convention is occasionally also described in the modern era, such as Antonio Canova's statue of Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (1802–1806) or George Bellows'...
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    Giulio di Antonio Bonasone Sandro Botticelli (1482); detail of Primavera; Marie Bracquemond (1880) Trois femmes aux ombrelles Antonio Canova (1799) The...
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  • Canova may refer to: Antonio Canova (1757–1822), Venetian sculptor Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer Frank J. Canova...
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    style of a Roman general, by the Venetian-Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. Commissioned by the State of North Carolina in 1815, it was completed...
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    painting by Raphael, 1517. Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1787. Rings from Roman Britain engraved with images of the two lovers...
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    anarchist, born in Foggia, Italy. He assassinated Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo in 1897 and was captured and executed by Spanish authorities...
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  • The Museo Canova is a museum established in 1833 at the birthplace of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757–1822) in Possagno in the province of Treviso...
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    listed structure. Marble sculpture by Antonio Canova (Vatican City), c. 1800. The marble sculpture by Antonio Canova (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)...
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    Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker by Antonio Canova...
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  • Italian painter Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor Antonio Benedetto Carpano, Italian distiller, famous for having...
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    Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (category Sculptures by Antonio Canova)
    the Peacemaker is a colossal heroic nude statue by the Italian artist Antonio Canova, of Napoleon I of France in the guise of the Roman god Mars. He holds...
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    Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, by Antonio Canova, first version 1787–1793...
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    Treviso Airport (category Antonio Canova)
    (150 ft) wide. The new terminal was opened in 2007. It was named after Antonio Canova, a famous Italian sculptor. In December 2020, Ryanair announced it would...
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    museum. In his time, he was seen as the successor of master sculptor Antonio Canova. Among his more famous public monuments are the statues of Nicolaus...
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    sculptures. In sculpture, the most familiar representatives are the Italian Antonio Canova, the Englishman John Flaxman and the Dane Bertel Thorvaldsen. The European...
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    "Antonio Canova a Padova." Padova Cultura. Retrieved 25 August 2024. https://padovacultura.padovanet.it/it/attivita-culturali/1822-2022-antonio-canova-padova...
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    Tomb of Pope Clement XIV (category Antonio Canova)
    sculptural tableaux in Santi Apostoli, Rome by the Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova. The work is in the church where Pope Clement XIV (1705-1774) was the...
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