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Bertel Thorvaldsen ( November 19, 1770 - March 24, 1844), a Danish sculptor of European renown, was born in Copenhagen in 1770 (according to some accounts in 1768). He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in that city, winning all the prizes including the large Gold Medal. As a consequence, he was granted a royal stipend, enabling him to complete his studies in Rome. As it happened, he spent most of his active life there ( 1797- 1838).

Monument to Kopernik in Warsaw

Thorvaldsen was an outstanding representative of the Neoclassical period in sculptureSculptor redirects here. You may also be looking for Sculptor (constellation). Greece Sculpture is any three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression. Sculpting is the art of assembling or shaping an object. It may be of any size and of any suit. He was often compared to CanovaPerseus displays Medusa's head in this 1806 Canova. Antonio Canova ( November 1, 1757 October 13, 1822) was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that rendered delicately nude flesh. He was born in Possagno, Italy. His family had but, in fact, he embodied the style of classical GreekGreece formally called the Hellenic Republic (in Greek: ) Hellenike Demokratia , is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It is bounded on land by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania art more than the Italian artist .

Motives for his works ( reliefIn geography, relief denotes the contour of a land mass feature, in relation to the lower elevation of its surroundings. In Humanitarian aid, relief denotes assistance delivered by individuals, organisations, or governments to diminish the suffering of pes, statueA statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. Its primary concern is representational. However, as with all artistic topics, this definition of the concept Statue is far from exhaustive and can be/needs tos, and bustExample bust C. Gauss A bust is a sculpture depicting a person's chest, shoulders, and head, usually supported by a stand. These three-dimensional forms recreate the likeness of an individual. These may be of any suitable material (usually marble or others) were mostly from Greek mythologyGreek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are either transcriptions of this spoken word, o, but he also created portraits of important personalities, as the statue of Pope Pius VIIPius VII ne Giorgio Barnaba Luigi Chiaramonti ( August 14, 1740 August 20, 1823) was Pope from March 14, 1800 to August 20, 1823. Barnaba Chiaramonti was born at Cesena into a noble Italian family. He was educated in Ravenna before joining the Benedictine. His works can be seen in many European countries, and especially in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, where his tomb is in the inner courtyard.

Outside Europe, Thorvaldsen is less well known (but see the important paper by Dimmick below). Curiously, however, his statue of Christ (created for what is now the Lutheran Cathedral in Copenhagen) has appealed to the Mormons (see: http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/history/1945_present/christus_eom.htm ).

Monument to prince Józef Poniatowski in Warsaw

A bronze copy of Thorvaldsen's Self-Portrait stands in the Central Park, New York, near the East 97 Street entrance.

Reference:
Lauretta Dimmick, "Mythic Proportion: Bertel Thorvaldsen's Influence in America", Thorvaldsen: l'ambiente, l'influsso, il mito, ed. P. Kragelund and M. Nykjær, Rome 1991 (Analecta Romana Instituti Danici, Supplementum 18.), pp. 169-191.
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