tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769865399556724717.post-7602819427211571312007-08-02T03:19:00.000-07:002007-08-02T03:45:21.532-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_u6W_OVsAUnQ/RrG1hc1teII/AAAAAAAAABc/EYYU45dvgJo/s1600-h/IMG_0113.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_u6W_OVsAUnQ/RrG1hc1teII/AAAAAAAAABc/EYYU45dvgJo/s320/IMG_0113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094052239814523010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_u6W_OVsAUnQ/RrG1Ks1teHI/AAAAAAAAABU/VvjAfs58zTg/s1600-h/IMG_0094.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_u6W_OVsAUnQ/RrG1Ks1teHI/AAAAAAAAABU/VvjAfs58zTg/s320/IMG_0094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094051848972499058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >The concept of space and the aesthetic organization of space is not an Italian invention - but nobody does it better. In the town of Possagno, at the rich foothills to the Alps, is a temple designed by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) which embodies the neo-Classical traditions of architecture.<br /><br />His temple, completed in 1830, embodies the return to classical Greek and Roman ideas of harmony, rationality and proportion. The facade reflects the Greek design of the Parthenon, the ocular echoes the construction of the Roman Pantheon and the interior of the church recalls ancient Christian forms.<br /><br />As a sculptor, Canova developed "sketches" in terracotta and then transferred them to plaster. He then enlarged the plaster models to marble by using a three-dimensional grid from nails hammered into the plaster.<br /><br />His vision, which imaged Greek and Roman sculpture to be pure white, was a misconception. Most sculpture from antiquity was polychromed.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/769865399556724717-760281942721157131?l=orseckblog.blogspot.com'/></div>Ellen Orseckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791905686248673343noreply@blogger.com0