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Antonio Canova, Paolina Borghese as Venus Victorious, 1804-08, white marble, 160 x 192 cm (Galleria Borghese, Rome) “Miss Italian Art,” a cringeworthy epithet perhaps, but one which, given the strength of the competition, is nothing to sneeze at—works by Botticelli, Leonardo and Titian were also in contention.
5. Dez. 2014 · Antonio Canova began working on Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix in 1805, the same year that Pope Pius VII appointed him Inspector General of Fine Arts and Antiquities for the Papal State. By this point, Canova’s reliance upon classical sources, idealized perfection of the forms, fluidity of line, graceful modeling, and exquisitely refined detail had […]
style of dress in Neoclassical sculpture. In Neoclassical art: Decorum and idealization. …of Neoclassical sculptures is Canova’s Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix (1805–08). She is shown naked, lightly draped, and reclining sensuously on a couch—both a charming contemporary portrait and an idealized antique Venus.
9. März 2023 · March 09, 2023. •10 min read. Pauline Bonaparte, younger sister to Napoleon, was her brother’s favorite of their seven siblings. She was the only one who took no part in his political power ...
Details. Title: Pauline Borghese Bonaparte, represented as Venus Victrix. Creator: Antonio Canova. Date: 1804/1808. Date Created: 1804/1808. Medium: plaster. Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more. Pauline was Napoleon’s sister and the wife of Camillo Borghese, a Roman prince. This is one of Canova ...
6. Dez. 2023 · Detail, Antonio Canova, Paolina Borghese as Venus Victorious, 1804-08, white marble, 160 x 192 cm (Galleria Borghese, Rome) Originally, Canova was to depict her as Diana, the chaste goddess of the moon and the hunt, a role that more would have require her to have been clothed. Paolina insisted on Venus, though.
Canova is part of the soul and history of the Borghese collection, and so an exhibition focusing on the sculptor and his emblematic creation preserved there – the portrait of Pauline Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix – seems a natural choice. However, the exhibition also celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of the artist and the two hundred years of the portrait of Pauline.
