PAULINE BONAPARTE: WHERE YOU CAN SEE CANOVA’S SCULPTURE, WHO SHE WAS AND WHY CANOVA PORTRAYED HER AS VENUS VICTRIX (OR VENUS VICTORIOUS)

Pauline Bonaparte was Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister and the wife of Prince Camillo Borghese. Her name is famous because she was portrayed as Venus by Antonio Canova, who made her splendid and immortal.

The whiteness of the marble and the perfection of each detail of this statue made Canova’s Pauline Bonaparte one of the most captivating works of art ever.

In this post I’ll explain who Pauline Bonaparte was, why Canova portrayed her as Venus, and where the statue is located.

READ ALSO – Antonio Canova, life and works.

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Antonio Canova, Amore e Psiche

PSYCHE REVIVED BY CUPID’S KISS: WHERE IS LOCATED, WHO COMMISIONED IT TO CANOVA, WHAT IT REPRESENTS

Psyche revived by Cupid’s kiss is one of the most beautiful and famous sculpture groups by Antonio Canova. It represents the meeting between two young lovers and is the metaphor of the eternal struggle between rationality and instinct, between heart and mind.

I’ve already described the works of this artist in the photo gallery dedicated to works by Canova, as the representation of beauty and of a universal idea of beauty.
Probably, Canova’s art peaked with Psyche revived by Cupid’s kiss, and in this post you’ll find the information about who commissioned the work to Canova, what it represents and where you can admire it.

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Antonio Canova, Maddalena penitente (1809)

WORKS BY CANOVA: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES

Works by Canova. A photo gallery dedicated to Antonio Canova.
The main works by one of the main neoclassical artists and the last great Italian artist at European level, as well.

Canova’s white marble statues are characterized by harmony and refinement and they represent the universal idea of beauty.
The subjects of his sculptures are two: mythological allegories and funerary monuments.

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ANTONIO CANOVA, LIFE AND WORKS

Antonio Canova was born in Possagno, near Treviso, on November 1^st 1757.
Antonio’s father was a stonecutter and his paternal grandfather led him into the art of sculpting.
Canova soon showed great talent, and was sent to Venice where he spent some time at the most important sculptures’ studios, and created his first works.

Among these works there’s Dedalo e Icaro (Dedalus and Icarus) I’ve showed as his early masterpiece. Thanks to this sculpture, Canova managed to earn money to go to Rome in order to complete his training, and become the most important sculpture of his time.

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