Canova: Sketching in Clay

$15.00 at Art Institute of Chicago.

The first book-length examination of the clay models and creative process of the preeminent neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. The most celebrated sculptor of the neoclassical age, Antonio Canova (1757–1822) established himself as the preeminent artist of his time with his funerary monuments and meticulously carved marbles on classical themes. Although his idealized and sensual sculptures are widely known, this is the first book devoted entirely to the brilliantly expressive clay models that he made in…