The catalogue comprises four essays, ‘Coppia di giganti’ by Renato Barilli, ‘Antonio Canova e la natia Possagno’ by Gabriell Delfini Filippi, ‘La collezione di Antonio Canova al Museo Civico di Bassano’ by Mario Guderzo and ‘Lo stile pittorico di Andrea Appiani nei grandi cicli a sfondo mitologico’ by Alessandra Zanchi, biographies and bibliographies of the two artists and many reproductions of the works of their works, including an excellent reproduction of Appiani’s monochrome designs classicising frieze to the glory of Napoleon, ‘I Fasti’.
Canova e Appiani: alle origini della contemporaneità. Exhibition held in Monza (Italy) in the Serrone della Villa Reale, 30 April – 25 July
- Year of publication :
- 1999
- Place and publisher :
- edited by Renato Barilli, Mazzotta: Milan
- Number of pages :
- p.179.
- Order :
- To purchase the book, http://www.internetbookshop.it/ser/serdsp.asp?shop=1&isbn=8820213222&DB=104 (in Italian).