Historical Museum of Budapest.
Apostle.
n4. ZÜRN, Michael
Angel 1682, Marble
Abbey Church, Kremsmünster
German sculptor (1626-1691)
h5.
n5.
The world-renowned pair of marble lions that stand proudly before the majestic Beaux-Arts building of The New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue
and 42nd Street in Manhattan have captured the imagination and affection of New Yorkers and visitors from all over the world since the
Library was dedicated on May 23, 1911.
h6.
In Lithuania I saw this impressive statue.
Sculpted by Edward Clark Potter from pink Tennessee marble.
Antonio Canova
1757-1822
Eros and Psyche
Rome 1793, Marble group
H 1.55 m; W 1.68 m; D 1.01 m
Château de Villier
Entered the Louvre before 1824
Canova revived classical art in Italy; schooled in Venice and active in Rome, he was, in his time, the dominating figure
in European art. A master at marble, he sculpted great tombs, Napoleon II, the Classical style, heroic Roman gods and
delicate nymphs. This depiction of Eros reviving Psyche, who was put to sleep forever by inhaling a magic perfume, is as
much an allusion to the legend of Psyche, the immortal soul of Platonic myth, as it is a hymn to love. Avoiding academicism,
Canova constructs a pyramid out of the entwined bodies, animated by the delicate arrangement of limbs undulating in the light.
The transparency of the white marble adds poetry to a group that was the fruit of long deliberation (the model dates from 1787),
and then copied by Canova himself for Prince Youssoupoff.
h7.
Buon Pastore (prima meta sec.IV)
n7.
Marzocco, Donatello
c. 1419
Stone, height: 135,5 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
