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Bertel
Thorvaldsen (1770-1844)

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Autore/i	Stefano Grandesso
Editore	Silvana Editoriale	Luogo	Milano
Anno	2015	Pagine	304
Dimensioni	25x29 (cm)	Illustrazioni	331 ill. a colori e b/n - 331 color and b/w ills
Legatura	cart. edit. sovracc. ill.- hardcover with dust jacket	Conservazione	Nuovo - New
Lingua	Inglese - English text	Peso	2200 (gr)
ISBN	8836629350	EAN-13	9788836629350

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This volume is dedicated to Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), a Danish sculptor of international fame during the XIX century. Born in Copenhagen in 1770, he spent more than forty years in Italy, maintaining a large workshop in Rome. When he eventually returned to his native land in 1838 he was more known in Europe than in Denmark. But in the following years it became rather vice versa. Obviously this is connected with the fact that in Copenhagen he could not keep the close contact he had in Rome with the international art community and art market in the cultural capital of Europe. As a matter of fact only within the last 30 years has Thorvaldsen regained his rightful place in the European art historical context and he is considered as an outstanding representative of the Neoclassical period in sculpture. In fact, his work has often been compared to that of Antonio Canova and he became the foremost artist in the field after Canova's death in 1822. The really strong point of this book is that it precisely links together Thorvaldsen’s art with a broad international, artistic context and thus contributes to a more faceted understanding of his work. (T-CA)