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metamorphesque · 2 years

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Briony Marshall (Peaceful embrace or the melting of boundaries), Stephan Sinding (To Mennesker), Gustav Vigeland (Kiss), William Zorach (Embrace), Antonio Canova (Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss)

#statues #art #marble sculptures #embrace #kiss #antonio canova #psyche revived by cupid's kiss #briony marshall #stephen sinding #gustav vigeland #zorach #dark academia #dark academia aesthetics #romantic academia #light academia #art parallels #parallels

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zegalba · 5 months

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Antonio Canova: Psyche Revived by the Kiss of Love (1789)

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asoftepiloguemylove · 6 months

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I TALK TO GOD, BUT THE SKY IS EMPTY; ABOUT GOD

Keaton St. James (@boykeats) Salvation // pinterest // Lisa Marie Basile Andalucia // Sean Glatch (via @sicknessinmotion) // "Shiizakana," Hannibal (2013-2015) dir. Michael Rymer // Antonio Canova Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (via @moonstoast) // Ethel Cain Sun Bleached Flies // José Saramago (tr. Margaret Jull Costa) Cain (via @morepeachyogurt) // Leila Chatti Portrait of the Illness as Nightmare

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lionofchaeronea · 3 months

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The Vestal, Antonio Canova, ca. 1819-23

#art #art history #Antonio Canova #sculpture #portrait sculpture #portrait bust #Vestal #Vestal Virgin #Neoclassicism #Neoclassical art #Italian Neoclassicism #Italian art #19th century art #marble #stonework #Metropolitan Museum of Art

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 8 months

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Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822) Cupid and Psyche, 1794 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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oliverscarlin · 5 months

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Antonio Canova - The Three Graces (1814)

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empirearchives · 4 months

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“What Napoleon criticised in the statue could perhaps be summed up in one thing: his uneasiness at the sight of his own nudity. And it was precisely his nudity that was felt to be problematic, even shocking. But how did Canova come to have the odd idea of representing Napoleon as a nude divinity?”

— Valérie Huet, Napoleon I: A New Augustus?

The nude statue of Napoleon in question: