Canova. I volti ideali
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2019
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The Exhibition
The exhibition reconstructs the genesis and the evolution of Antonio Canova’s teste ideali, idealized busts in which, at his career high, the sculptor scrutinizes the variations of the beauty. Some thirty heads stand face to face along the itinerary in a game of gazes through a progressive formal astraction culminating in the figure of the Vestale.
A similar abstraction process drives the communication design focused over the image of the Vestale, eventually producing a peculiar tactile cover for the catalogue.
The Book
Canova. I volti ideali
Curated by Omar Cucciniello, Paola Zatti
Publisher Electa
Size 17×24 cm
Pages 232
Binding Paperback with flaps
Year of publication 2019
ISBN 9788891828248