| Italian Neoclassicism |
Neoclassical Sculpture The neoclassical style (see NEOCLASSICISM, art) began in Rome in the 1750s with the archaeological researches of Johann Joachim WINCKELMANN, who sharply distinguished Greek classical art, which he praised, from Roman classical art, which he denounced. Antonio CANOVA, whose foremost patrons were Napoleon Bonaparte and his family, was one of several influential sculptors who dominated the neoclassical movement, which became international in scope from the 1790s to the end of the Victorian era |
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