Venus

VENUS Bibliothèque

Canova imagined that his venus had been caught unawares in the nude and he gave her a marble veil to hide herself from indiscrete eyes. i add a succession of wooden shelves that cross the most private parts of her body to camouflage her in the midst of books and other objects. a four-handed job performed at different moments in time by two italians who are particularly fascinated by the epitome of female beauty: venus.” fabio novembre