Tag: Antonio Canova

Paolina Borghese (Canova)

Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix (or Venus Victorious) is a semi-nude life-size reclining neo-Classical portrait sculpture by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. Reviving the ancient Roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal individuals in the guise of the gods, and of the beautiful female form reclining on a couch (as read more

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Venus Italic

Venus Italic is a work in marble by Antonio Canova.

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Perseus triumphantly

Perseus Triumphant is a marble sculpture by Antonio Canova made between 1797 and 1801.

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Portrait of Marie Louise of Austria as a Concordia

The portrait of Marie Louise of Austria as a Concordia is a marble sculpture (137 cm.

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Hercules and Lica

Hercules and Lica is a marble sculpture by Antonio Canova executed between 1795 and 1815 and in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome.

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Theseus and the Minotaur

Theseus and the Minotaur is the first sculpture by Antonio Canova realizzà² once arrived in Rome.

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Palazzo Vecchio

For us Florentine citizens, “Palazzo Vecchio” is that Read more [...]

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Broken Coins of the Innocents

The Hospital of the Innocents in Piazza Santissima Read more [...]

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Central Market

With the substantial increase in population at the end Read more [...]

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Maiano Cave

Carrara marble is world famous, mention the name and Read more [...]

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Villa Petraia

The Medici Villa La Petraia is located in the quiet Read more [...]

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Livorno seaside city, free city

Livorno’s thriving port was created virtually from Read more [...]

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Lorenzo the Magnificent….prankster

It is said that despite his nickname, Lorenzo ‘de Read more [...]

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“Facciatone”

Perhaps the most memorable part of the Siena’s Read more [...]

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The “Ugly” Queen

When Catherine ‘de Medici became Queen of France, she Read more [...]

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Little wine windows

The so-called buchette del vino were little windows Read more [...]

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Villa Farnesina

This “little” Farnese palace, perhaps would better be Read more [...]

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“Il Toni”

Another common expression used by old and new Read more [...]

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