This presentations includes some sculptures and their creators during the Neoclassical Period.

2. ANTONIO CANOVA
(1757-1822) ITALY
 Canova was a prolific Italian
artist and sculptor who became
famous for his marble sculptures
that delicately rendered nude
flesh.
 He opened the idea for
portraying discrete sexual
pleasures by using pure
contours with his mythological
compositions.
SELF-PORTRAIT OF
ANTONIO CANOVA
IMAGE FROM UFFIZI
GALLERY

3. Famous Artworks:
A marble sculpture portraying
the relationship of Psyche and
Cupid. It represents the god
Cupid in the height of love and
tenderness, immediately after
awakening the lifeless Psyche
with a kiss.
PSYCHE AWAKENED BY
CUPID’S KISS
(A. Canova)
PHOTO TAKEN BY Eric Pouhier
2007

4. This is a marble sculpture
of Washington currently
displayed at North
Carolina Museum of
History.
WASHINGTON
(A. Canova)
PHOTO TAKEN BY RadioFan
2011

5. BERTEL THORVALDSEN
(1789-1838) DENMARK
 Thorvaldsen was the first
internationally acclaimed
Danish artist. He executed
sculptures of mythological
and religious themes
characters.
PORTRAIT OF
BERTEL THORVALDSEN
(by Carl Joseph Begas)
IMAGE FROM St. Petersburg

6. Famous Artworks:
A marble sculpture image of
resurrected Christ currently
located at the Thorvaldsen
Museum. It conveys is the
gospel of Jesus Christ, the
importance of the family, and
explain the teachings and
history of the church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
CHRIST (B. Thorvaldsen)
http://commons.wikimedia
.org/wiki/File:Thorvalds
en_Christus.jpg

7. A sculpture of a dying
lion in Lucerne,
Switzerland that
LION OF LUCERNE (B.
Thorvaldsen)
http://commons.wikimedia.
org/wiki/File:The_Lion_Mo
nument_in_Luzern_23.12.20
06.jpeg
PHOTO TAKEN BY Ygrek 2006
commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred
in 1792 during the French Revolution.

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF NEO-
CLASSICAL SCULPTURES
Conveys a religious icon and sometimes depicts
images of animals or famous personality.
3-dimensional
Enormous in size
Uses marble as medium

9. MESSAGE CONVEYED IN THE
SCULPTURES
Shows religiousness / the firm faith of the
people during the Neoclassical Era to
mythology
Shows how creative and artistic the people are
during the Neoclassical Era

10. References:
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