ART H205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antonio Canova, The Death Of Socrates, Vanishing Point
1 Oct 2016
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Put distance higher in the picture plane (like people on the stairs) People in front are larger in terms of scale. Makes gure look like they have weight and volume (the guy"s calves: highly nished work. Subject: a hero, someone acting according to principles (socrates) David was an active participant in the french revolution (which started in 1781-1793) Sculpture is conservative medium cuz its expensive. Canova from venus and went to rome to study antique sculpture: challenge for sculpture was to create something faithful to the antique but to be original. Here canova picks to sculpt the after math of chopping the head off. Persues pose: from apollo (one of the ways he imitates greeks. Canova sculpts with the idea of the ideal , as he sculpts persues as a beautiful man. Hes wearing a head piece liberty cap : worn in ancient rome by free slaves (associated with freedom)
