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The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca dedicates an exhibition to its most illustrious member, the neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. Living in an era of great transformations that saw Europe crossed by great social and political upheavals - from the French Revolution, to the Napoleonic Wars, up to the Restoration - Canova was able to combine the institutional commitment in defense of the artistic heritage of the Eternal City with the promotion of the art of his contemporaries. The eight thematic sections in which the exhibition is divided retrace the Canova years, from his entry into the Academy in 1800 to his death in 1822, describing the artistic team and the cultural context in which the sculptor acted and testify to the profound renewal that Canova was able to imprint at the Roman Academy, reforming its artistic teaching through the creation of new competitions for young artists, updating the practices related to the restoration and protection of the ancient monumental heritage and the urban reorganization of Rome and promoting contemporary art.
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