#canova

[empirearchives]

“What Napoleon criticised in the statue could perhaps be summed up in one thing: his uneasiness at the sight of his own nudity. And it was precisely his nudity that was felt to be problematic, even shocking. But how did Canova come to have the odd idea of representing Napoleon as a nude divinity?”

— Valérie Huet, Napoleon I: A New Augustus?

The nude statue of Napoleon in question:

[flower-biter]

treasures, paris xx

[artschoolglasses]

Theseus and the Minotaur by Antonio Canova in the Victoria & Albert Museum

London, England

[malbecmusings]

Baltic's innovative and beautiful 43m Canova.

[amamiofacciouncasinoo]

“Dove vai quando hai bisogno di staccare la testa?” :

[fiore-dimaggio]

Le cene da McDonald

YouTube in macchina

Sono passati mesi e cresce più l’ipotesi

Che noi vivremo ancora

Nascosti in un parcheggio

Poteva andarci peggio

[daxnorman]

Somewhere between, Knowledge and Beauty

[fuoricontestoo]

Dimmi come si fa a guardarti negli occhi

Senza arrendermi

-Canova

[umi-no-onnanoko]

[empirearchives]

Two Venuses

1 — Pauline Bonaparte by Antonio Canova

2 — Someone’s cat

[onedaywillbehappier]

Solamente idee strane, io e te su due strade

Come fossimo estranei, tu mi guardi e poi scappi

Io non ho più tempo e non corro e ti perdo

E ti porto come il vuoto che ho dentro, qui

[comefiorineldeserto]

Da sempre, niente che io ami di più

[artschoolglasses]

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova

Paris, France

[himeros-erote]

[malbecmusings]

Baltic's 'Dynamic Stability System' sliding foil fitted to the stunning 43m Canova. I can't help but wonder, tho, what that wing might look like after coming into contact with a biologic off the coast of Portugal, or a slightly submerged container somewhere mid Atlantic at 3am, or a reef in the South Pacific. I'm already begrudgingly resigned to the exposure risk of twin spades, albeit with heavy, reinforced stocks, because I want Isa to FLY, but adding a third unprotected "wing"?

[postcard-from-the-past]

Orpheus sculpture by Antonio Canova in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Russian vintage postcard