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Italian Renaissance sculpture was an important part of the art of the Italian Renaissance, in the early stages arguably representing the leading edge. [1] The example of Ancient Roman sculpture hung very heavily over it, both in terms of style and the uses to which sculpture was put.
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Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, [2] [3] famous for his marble sculptures.
Pages in category "20th-century Italian sculptors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 311 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.
Pages in category "19th-century Italian sculptors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Michelangelo's aesthetic interpretation of the Pietà is unprecedented in Italian sculpture [4] because it balances early forms of naturalism with the Renaissance ideals of classical beauty. The venerated image with its original canonical crown from 14 August 1637 by the Pontifical decree of Pope Urban VIII. Photo circa, 24 May 1888.
The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and put on public display in the Vatican Museums, [2] where it remains today.