Antonio CanovaBirth Chart
01/11/1757 10:00
B - Biography/autobiography
Crespano del Grappa
Italy
45°51' ↑ North - 11°51' → East
00:47 East
Sun Moon Asc
Photo: Reproduction
Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor whose work helped establish European Neoclassicism. Trained in Venice and Rome, he became known for an idealized formal language inspired by ancient Greek sculpture, producing marble groups and figures that were soon compared with the finest works of Antiquity. His long and productive career led contemporaries to regard him as the greatest sculptor since Bernini.
Beyond his artistic work, Canova played an important role as an antiquarian and cultural administrator: he served as Inspector-General of Antiquities and Fine Arts for the Papal States, overseeing collections, museums and excavations, and led a papal mission after Napoleon’s fall to recover works taken by the French armies, succeeding in reclaiming pieces of great symbolic value. He also directed the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and supported the training of young artists.
His influence spread across Europe and throughout the nineteenth century, shaping Academic art and attracting artists even from the United States. Although he was temporarily forgotten with the rise of modernism, his importance was reassessed from the twentieth century onward, securing his central place in the history of Western sculpture.
Read more about Antonio Canova on Wikipedia
Share
Text mode
↣ Sun in Scorpio - 09°10' - in house 11
↣ Moon in Cancer - 10°56' - in house 7/8
↣ Mercury in Libra - 22°17' - in house 10
↣ Venus in Sagittarius - 16°14' - in house 1
↣ Mars in Leo - 10°08' - in house 8
↣ Jupiter in Scorpio - 24°53' - in house 11/12
↣ Saturn in Aquarius - 15°37' - in house 2
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 19°35' - in house 3 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Leo - 15°18' - in house 8
↣ Pluto in Sagittarius - 19°09' - in house 1
↣ North Node in Leo - 08°40' - in house 8 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Sagittarius - 16°23' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Libra - 11°47' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Capricorn - 09°57'
↣ Sun in house 11
↣ Moon in house 7/8
↣ Mercury in house 10
↣ Venus in house 1
↣ Mars in house 8
↣ Jupiter in house 11/12
↣ Saturn in house 2
↣ Uranus in house 3
↣ Neptune in house 8
↣ Pluto in house 1
↣ North Node in house 8
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
↣ Sun and Moon trine (1°46' separating)
↣ Sun and Mars square (0°58' applying)
↣ Sun and Saturn square (6°26' applying)
↣ Sun and Neptune square (6°08' applying)
↣ Sun and Pluto parallel
↣ Sun and North Node square (0°30' separating)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°47' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars parallel
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (0°59' applying)
↣ Moon and Midheaven square (0°51' separating)
↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (3°08' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant sextile (5°54' applying)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven conjunction (10°31' applying)
↣ Venus and Saturn sextile (0°38' separating)
↣ Venus and Uranus square (3°21' applying)
↣ Venus and Neptune trine (0°56' separating)
↣ Venus and Pluto conjunction (2°55' applying)
↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (0°09' separating)
↣ Venus and Midheaven sextile (4°28' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter antiparallel
↣ Mars and Saturn opposition (5°28' applying)
↣ Mars and Neptune conjunction (5°10' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node conjunction (1°28' separating)
↣ Mars and Ascendant trine (6°15' separating)
↣ Mars and Midheaven sextile (1°38' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn parallel
↣ Jupiter and Uranus trine (5°18' separating)
↣ Jupiter and North Node antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Neptune opposition (0°18' separating) antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Pluto sextile (3°33' separating)
↣ Saturn and North Node opposition (6°56' separating) antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Ascendant sextile (0°46' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven trine (3°50' applying)
↣ Uranus and Pluto square (0°26' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant square (3°13' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven parallel
↣ Neptune and Pluto trine (3°51' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node conjunction (6°38' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant trine (1°05' separating)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven sextile (3°32' applying)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant conjunction (2°46' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven sextile (3°06' separating)