摘要
在米开朗琪罗之后,意大利最好的雕塑家是安东尼奥·卡诺瓦。我们通常简洁地称呼他“卡诺瓦”。他出生于1757年,在1822年去世。卡诺瓦是由他的爷爷奶奶抚养长大的,由于他的爷爷是一个石匠,所以这个小男孩从小就受到雕刻的耳濡目染。卡诺瓦八岁的时候,就用大理石雕刻出了两座小小的神庙。据说他在十岁左右时,曾经在一个贵族的晚宴上雕刻了一头狮子,这头狮子是用黄油刻成的。
The best Italian sculptor since the time of Michelangelo was named Antonio Canova.We generally call him simply Canova.He lived from 1757 to 1822.Canova was brought up by his grandparents and as his grandfather was a stone cutter,the boy had from the beginning a chance to be a sculptor.When he was only eight years old he carved in marble two small shrines.
