Thorvaldsen
Americannoun
noun
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Thorvaldsen, who eventually lived much of his life in Italy, was an international art star of his era.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
Many Danish artists went to study in Rome, where the great neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen held sway.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023
There’s a statue there, Lord knows why, of Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, the Danish sculptor.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2014
“Carib art,” is how Baudelaire described sculpture, meaning that even the suavest, most sophisticated works of unearthly virtuosity by Enlightenment paragons like Canova and Thorvaldsen were tainted by the medium’s primitive, cultish origins.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2011
The works of Thorvaldsen which it contains constitute its chief attraction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
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