The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture and Modelling, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture and Modelling, Vol. 2: Engraved in Outline by Henry Moses, With Descriptions by the Countess Albrizzi and a Biographical Memoir There is a mixture of suavity and firmness in this countenance, such as is rarely found in nature, and which presents great difficulties to imitative art, from the nice shades by which these qualities are distin guishable from the contiguous faults of weakness and severity. The pliant wax could not have obeyed more felicitously the masterly hand of the sculptor. What force and truth in that expression! The tinge of melancholy which nature has spread over his counte nance is also faithfully preserved on this transparent marble. Canova, at the same time that he has accu rately delineated' the features of this august monarch, has indulged his natural tendency to the beau ideal in the pure forms of the neck and ears, and the largeness of the chest: these, however, finely accord with that mild and prepossessing countenance, which indicates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.