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- Title
Lost Surfaces: Canova and Colour.
- Authors
Bindman, David
- Abstract
The unremitting whiteness of Canova’s sculptures makes the question of colour seem an odd one to raise in connection with his art, but in fact almost all of them were originally coated or tinted to give a mellowness and a certain realism to the surface of the marble. This raised fundamental questions to do with sculpture’s relationship to painting and to ancient Greece and made the sculptor a controversial figure. He was evidently influenced by his friend and biographer the French theorist Quatreme`re de Quincy, who published in 1814 a pioneering book demonstrating the use of colour on ancient Greek sculptures.
- Subjects
CANOVA, Antonio, 1757-1822; POLYCHROMY; ITALIAN marble sculpture; NEOCLASSICAL sculpture; QUATREMERE de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755-1849
- Publication
Oxford Art Journal, 2016, Vol 39, Issue 2, p229
- ISSN
0142-6540
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxartj/kcw008