History of Modern Italian Art (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE TRANSITION FROM CLASSICISM TO NATURALISM. General state of sculpture in Italy at the death of Bartolini. ? Relations of the leading sculptors at Florence and Rome with Bartolini and with Thorvaldsen. ? Distinction between the style of Thorvaldsen and that of Canova. ? Influence of the former on Tenerani. ? Tene- rani's early training. ? The relations between Tenerani and Thorvaldsen. ? Works produced by Tenerani while under the direct influence of the Danish sculptor. ? Reliefs by Tenerani; the Descent from the Cross. ? Statues of Orloff and Bolivar and the rare excellence of the latter. ? Tenerani's journey abroad in 1844. ? Monument to Pius VIII in St. Peter's.?Statue of Pellegrino Rossi.? Sculpture in other parts of Italy; to what extent influenced by Bartolini and to what extent by Tenerani. ? Luigi Pampaloni and his work. ? Pio Fedi and the Polyxena group. ? Giovanni Diipri and the quality of his talent. ? The recumbent statue of Abel. ? The Piet. ? Dupr's sensitiveness to external influences. ? The Cavour monument. ? Last works. ? Sculpture at Genoa during this period. ?The Columbus monument. ? Pietro Freccia and the other collaborating sculptors. ? Santo Varni and his work. ? Sculpture at Milan during this period. ? Benedetto Cacciatori, ? Commissions executed for the Sardinian royal family. ? Cacciatori's works at Milan. ? He is retired from his professorship at the Milan Academy and succeeded by younger men. ? Sculpture at Turin during this period. ? Carlo Marochelti. ? His early studies and first success at the Salon. ? Statue of Emanuele Filiberto and its popularity at Turin. ? Statue of Carlo Alberto. ? Other works of Marochetti. When Bartolini died the most eminent sculptors in Italy were Tenerani at Rome and Dupr at Florence. Marchesi w...