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This fascinating book tells the story of a little-known masterpiece
by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822)-the statue of
George Washington for the North Carolina State House, delivered in
1821 and destroyed by fire ten years later. It brings together for
the first time Canova's full-sized preparatory plaster model,
sketches, engravings, drawings, and a selection of Thomas
Jefferson's letters about the commission. This is a major addition
to the current body of published knowledge on the work of Antonio
Canova, as well as on the classical revivalist sculpture of the
early nineteenth century on both sides of the Atlantic.
Andrea Palladio's villa architecture is still admired for its
elegance and harmony, but little is known about the person behind
the buildings. Experienced Palladio researcher Guido Beltramini has
worked meticulously on material from historical documents about
Palladio's person and life, and assembled a full picture of the
architect. Palladio in Private follows his career, his rise from
being the ordinary miller's son Pietro della Gondola to become the
architect Andrea Palladio. Beltramini does not just explore
Palladio's origins, his training as a stonemason, and his complex
relationship with powerful clients and scholars, but also his
private life: his jovial character, his life as a married man with
five children, and not least his profound conviction that
architecture can and must enrich life. The text is complemented by
numerous illustrations. Guido Beltramini, born in 1961, has been
director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura
Andrea Palladio in Vicenza since 1991. He has curated numerous
exhibitions at venues including the Venice Biennale, the Royal
Academy of Art, London, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture,
Montreal.
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