Memoirs of Antonio Canova, With a Critical Analysis of His Works, And An Historical View of Modern Sculpture ..
Memoirs of Antonio Canova, With a Critical Analysis of His Works, And An Historical View of Modern Sculpture ..
J S John Smythe Memes
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' " Tabemacoli piccioli'* are the words used by Fa- lier the Younger, who adds, " coi quali giuocolammo 140 LIFE OF CANOVA. Thus were passed the years of childhood, in occupations that might be termed stu- dies, when compared with the manner in which this season of life is usually spent ; — studies tending to the formation of decided aims and tastes, if they did not terminate in actual acquirement The moral in- fluences of this judicious training were ac- cordingly soon apparent Attention was n...ever the effect of compulsion, or of con- finement to certain pursuits, but seemed to others, as to the individual himself, the result of natural inclination ; and a casual or superficial observer would have pro- nounced, that Canova was formed by na- ture with dispositions for that art, in which he afterwards excelled. The society, or the sports of the other villagers possessed no attractions ; and the " sullen Ton in,'' for so was he styled by the petulant levity of his youthful compeers, was constantly to insieme nei diletti dell' innocenza,'' — ^with which we amused ourselves in the delights of innocence,— viz.
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