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{– Psyche}


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*’Cupid and Psyche by Antonio Canova; marble; 46x58x43cm (18x23x17in); 1783-93. Louvre, Paris’

ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Art 4:] 742

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(Neoclassicism & Romanticism){Neoclassicism [continued (22)]}[Extracts from source text with ms notes][12th May 1991]

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‘Canova studied Antiquity as a way of achieving his conception of perfect beauty in sculpture, which might transcend the imperfections of nature.’

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{– Psyche}

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*– ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Art 4:] 743



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