TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferando,Christina
TI  - Exhibiting Antonio Canova: Display and the Transformation of Sculptural Theory 
SN  - 9789048557509
U1  - 069 
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Amsterdam : 
PB  - Amsterdam University Press, 
KW  - Art and Material Culture
KW  - History, Art History, and Archaeology
KW  - Modern History
KW  - ART / European
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Antonio Canova, Sculpture, Art theory, Display, Reception theory
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Table of Contents --; Introduction: Canova on Display --; 1. Imagining Sculptural Practice --; 2. Reevaluating Ancients and Moderns --; 3. Anatomizing the Female Nude --; 4. Challenging the Supremacy of Painting --; 5. Defining Modern Sculpture --; Conclusion: Aftereffects --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Exhibiting Antonio Canova: Display and the Transformation of Sculptural Theory argues that the display of Canova’s sculptures in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries acted as a catalyst for discourse across a broad range of subjects. By enshrining his marble figures alongside plaster casts of ancient works, bathing them in candlelight, staining and waxing their surfaces, and even setting them in motion on rotating bases, Canova engaged viewers intellectually, physically, and emotionally. These displays inspired discussions on topics as diverse as originality and artistic production, the association between the sculptural surface, flesh, and anatomy, the relationship between painting and sculpture, and the role of public museums. Beholders’ discussions also shaped the legacy of important sculptural theories. They helped usher in their modern definitions and created the lenses through which we experience and interpret works of art, establishing modern attitudes not just towards sculpture, but towards cultural patrimony in general
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048557509?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048557509
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048557509/original
ER  -