Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen

Author: Eugene Plon

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-10-28

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780344375378

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Thorvaldsen; His Life and Works
Thorvaldsen; His Life and Works

Author: Eugène Plon

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781230303536

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. Departure for Rome.--Reception at Berlin, Dresden, Leipsic, Frankfort, Mayence, and Stuttgart.--Banquet given at Munich.--"La SociSte des Hommes sans Gene."--Visit to King Louis.--Sojourn in Rome.--Return to Denmark.--The Artist and his Museum.--" The Genius of Sculpture."--Death of Thorvaldsen.--His Funeral. Thorvaldsen had come back to his native country with the intention of ending his career in Denmark; but, on leaving Rome, he had promised himself that he would return once more, were it only to make a brief stay, to the city where the most important period of his life had been passed. Some unfinished works, were awaiting him in his old atelier, around which clustered the memories of forty-two years of his prolific artistic life. Only an opportunity was needed to decide him to undertake the journey; and this the sculptor found when the Baron von Stampe announced his intention of going to Italy THE ANGEL OP BAPTISM. with his family. The friends resolved to travel in company across the continent; Thorvaldsen wishing to see again those of his works which now ornamented the public squares of some of the larger cities of Germany. They set out the 21st of May, 1841. The extraordinary festivities occasioned by the artist's return to his country find a natural explanation in the just admiration of compatriots for a fame which flattered their national pride. The ovations following one upon another during the whole journey of the Danish sculptor through Germany present a spectacle which to-day may appear strange 1 In Berlin, the royal family invited Thorvaldsen to pass the evening at the Chateau Schonhausen (May 30,1841). A fewdays later (June 3), the artists of that city gave him a grand banquet at Jagor's restaurant, when, to...

Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen

Author: Eugene Plon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-06-14

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780282450892

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Excerpt from Thorvaldsen: His Life and Works The present work is a translation from M. Flon's interesting Life of the great Danish Sculptor, M. Plon has added to its value by a complete Catalogue of Thorvaldsen's \vorks, and the Life is now first offered to the English people, rendered into English by Mrs. Cashel hoey, whose faithful and spirited translations from the French are already known to the public. It is hoped that this Life of an artist who exercised so wide an influence over sculptors of every nationality during his. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen

Author: Eugène Plon

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-02

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781294582540

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