58. Canova

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xv
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. The Greek Ideal 8
7. 3. The Archaic Period 12
8. 4. The Transitional Period 15
9. 5. The Great Period 19
10. 6. The Fourth Century: Praxiteles, Lysippus, Scopas 30
11. 7. The Hellenistic Period and the Altar of Pergamum 35
12. 8. A Gallery of Masterpieces 41
13. 9. Painting in the Ancient World 49
14. 10. Rome and Roman Art 56
15. 11. Augustus 60
16. 12. Hadrian the Hellenophile 66
17. 13. Greek Originals and Roman Copies 69
18. 14. The Late Antique Period 74
19. 15. Constantine 81
20. 16. Early Christian Art 84
21. 17. Classicism in Byzantine Art 88
22. 18. The Barbarian Period 96
23. 19. The Carolingian Renaissance 100
24. 20. The Late Middle Ages and Classical Antiquity 106
25. 21. Classical Forms in the Romanesque Period 113
26. 22. The Gothic Period 122
27. 23. The Augustan Revival of Frederick II 128
28. 24. Nicola Pisano 133
29. 25. Classical Forms in Fourteenth-Century Italy 136
30. 26. The Renaissance in Italy 146
31. 27. Lorenzo Ghiberti 156
32. 28. Venus Reborn 161
33. 29. Piero Deila Francesca 165
34. 30. Botticelli and the Neoplatonic Ideal 168
35. 31. Donatello 173
36. 32. The Labors of Hercules 176
37. 33. Mantegna 180
38. 34. The High Renaissance 183
39. 35. Raphael’s Galatea 188
40. 36. Francesco Penni and the Statuary Style 192
41. 37. Michelangelo 194
42. 38. Titian 206
43. 39. Mannerism 210
44. 40. Parmigianino 215
45. 41. Bronzino’s Allegory of Luxury 219
46. 42. Benvenuto Cellini’s Narcissus 223
47. 43. Replicas in Bronze 227
48. 44. Montecavallo 231
49. 45. The Renaissance in France 236
50. 46. Albrecht Dürer 240
51. 47. El Greco 243
52. 48. The Baroque 246
53. 49. Annibale Carracci and Baroque Classicism 251
54. 50. Bernini 257
55. 51. Rubens and Classical Antiquity 262
56. 52. The Seventeenth Century in France 265
57. 53. Poussin and the Antique 268
58. 54. Sculpture in Seventeenth-Century France 272
59. 55. The Rococo in France 275
60. 56. The Neoclassic Period 281
61. 57. Anton Raphael Mengs 289
62. 58. Canova 293
63. 59. Classicism and Republican Ideals: Jacques-Louis David 297
64. 60. The Nineteenth Century 303
65. 61. Classicism and Romanticism: Ingres 307
66. 62. Neoclassicism in America 311
67. 63. Rodin 319
68. 64. The Twentieth Century 321
69. 65. Maillol 324
70. 66. Picasso 326
71. 67. Henry Moore 330
72. 68. De Chirico 333
73. 69. Epilogue 338
74. Bibliography 341
75. Notes 351
76. Register of Places 363
77. Index 367
78. ILLUSTRATIONS 381