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3 February 2018 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

A prophetic Saint Mark’s lion changed the life of the sculptor Antonio Canova

The lion of butter and the ecstasy of Venetian nobles in the Giovanni Falier’s villa. Antonio Canova, during a dinner with Venetian nobles, guests of the senator Giovanni Falier in Asolo, had the occasion to express his talent and inclination for the beautiful. For him it...

20 March 2015 In Anecdotes, Blog By Stefano Facchini

Antonio Canova and his sensitivity in the butterfly of “Cupid and Psyche”

Antonio Canova, who lived at the turn of the 19th century, is the greatest sculptor of my adoptive land, the Veneto region. Man of humble origins, he lost his father at a very young age, once his mother remarried after a short time, he was left to the foster care...

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A prophetic Saint Mark’s lion changed the life of the sculptor Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova and his sensitivity in the butterfly of “Cupid and Psyche”