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“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
