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Two centuries since his death, Antonio Canova’s reputation is on the rise again as a new book of essays explores
The Italian sculptor divided opinion during his lifetime, accused by critics of failing to fully embrace Neo-Classicism
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New book explores how Rome’s ruins have resonated in art and literature over centuries
A survey tracing the city’s greatest ornaments from antiquity to the present day originated as a series of lectures
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A sensitive portrait of collector Isabella Stewart Gardner—Boston's millionaire Bohémienne
A biography of Gardner captures her extraordinary life story with empathy
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The garden as autobiography: new book lays bare a history of eccentrics
From a miniature Swiss glacier and raptor-filled aviary to a "pilgrim’s cell" fashioned from the jaws of a whale, how free thinkers expressed their personalities through unique creations
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Famous figures under scrutiny
New thinking about Da Vinci and Michelangelo considers their different approaches and the reception their work received