Warm Flesh, Cold Marble: Canova, Thorvaldsen, and Their Critics by David Bindman

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

David Bindman

219 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced

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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...

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