This period is the triumph of Neoclassicism. The lightness of the 17 hundreds becomes more classical in form. The dream of ages past transforms figures in pure ideals. Human body represents justice, charity, tolerance, faith, love. A disruptive sensuality succeeds to the cheerful libertinism of the XVIII century.

Clesinger creates scandal in Paris art saloons packed of works and visitors. Wonderful Italian vanguards lean quietly in a big confusion of styles. Circulation of ideas in Europe is a firm conquest.

I am fascinated by the long lasting effect of neoclassicism in Europe and how it merges with other different inspirations. The sculptors adopt forms of the past in their work but with the aim to give the figures represented a new life and a new sensibility.

This period of sculpture in Europe might feel a bit confused, maybe it is just reflecting the build up before the revolutionary blast of 1848...