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Post by 溪山 on Aug 5, 2020 22:44:42 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/style/article/canova-statue-damage-tourist-scli-intl/index.htmlPolice in Italy have identified a 50-year-old Austrian man who broke three toes off a statue at a museum as he posed for a photo with the artwork. The 200-year-old plaster cast model of Antonio Canova's statue of Paolina Bonaparte was damaged in the incident on July 31 at the Gipsoteca Museum in Possagno, northern Italy, Treviso Carabinieri, the local law enforcement agency, told CNN. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was caught on a surveillance camera jumping up onto the statue's base to get a picture when the maneuver inadvertently snapped its toes. The damaged statue is the original plaster cast model from which Canova carved a marble statue that is housed in the Borghese Gallery in Rome. Canova was a revered sculptor who lived from 1757-1822 and was famous for his marble statues. ............................. The statue is a plaster cast used to make a marble statue of Paolina Bonaparte.
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Post by 溪山 on Aug 5, 2020 22:52:29 GMT -5
在罗马参观 Borghese Gallery 时,曾围着这座雕像绕了好几圈。的确精品。 Borghese Gallery 的收藏都是精品。去之前一定要网上提前订好时间,否则要排长队。 www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/parks-and-gardens/villa-borghese/galleria-borghese/statue-of-pauline-bonaparteStatue of Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix Galleria Borghese museums Paolina Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister, was certainly wayward. Antonio Canova originally wanted to cast her as Diana, the chaste goddess of the hunt. This, however, was totally out of character. If there's one thing Paolina wasn't, it was chaste! She loved courting controversy and at that time, posing naked would have raised eyebrows. The statue was also a political statement. Commissioned in 1804 by Paolina's second husband, Prince Camillo Borghese, the change of subject to ]Venus Victrix was significant. The Borghese were nothing if not pretentious, seeing themselves as descended from Rome's founder Aeneas, the son of Venus. As a Neoclassical sculptor, Canova was heavily influenced by the discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum. His work in marble always won praise for the way he breathed light and shadow into it, a skill seen to perfection in this piece which would originally have been viewed by candlelight. As well as being a sculptor Canova was responsible for acquiring the Vatican's works of art. The reclining Paolina unabashedly shows off her skin's soft texture and her graceful figure while elements in the statue pick up classical references such as the mass of curls that imitate ancient Greek hairstyles. In contrast, the position of her hands, one of which holds an apple, sums up Paolina's character with its suggestion of seductive promise. The statue's original aristocratic audience would have been sophisticated enough to understand its classical allusions but the pose also gave weight to the rumours that surrounded this wayward lady, a lady always out of step with her contemporaries. She certainly didn't have a problem with posing nude, as long as the room was heated! Even now she is still attracting attention - a recent poll named her as Miss Italian Art.
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Post by 溪山 on Aug 5, 2020 22:57:55 GMT -5
reclining female nude 的鼻祖是提香:
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