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|  | | | Artist of the Week - Raffaelo Monti
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The carving of veiled figures was popular in Italy during the 1700s.
Artists like Raffaelo Monti revived this technically demanding
tradition in reaction to the academic Neoclassicism of early
19th-century sculpture. The heightened realism and sensuous appeal of
their works made sculpture once again a fashionable decorative element
in upper-middle-class houses. Monti is known for marble busts draped in
filmy veils, subtly modeled to suggest feminine allure.
 Raffealo Monti
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