CANOPY

Adair's new Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 13
covering, such as that borne over crowned heads; in arch., the carved stone projections over tombs or monuments. town, S. Italy; cathedral; occupies site of ancient Canusium, one of chief commercial towns of Italy. village, Italy; the ancient ruined castle is scene of Emperor Henry IV.’s humiliation before Pope Gregory VII. in 1077, Ital. sculptor; 6. Pa agno, near Venice; ancestors for several generations had been stone-cutters. At age of eight he executed two marble shrines, and displayed such remarkable promise that he was taken under the patronage Venetian senator, Falieri, who him in the care of Torret to, a sculptor, with whom he remained years. In 1779 C. went to Rome found a new patron in the amba ador, Zuliano., Here, other works, he produced his the Minotaur,’ ‘Cupid and Psyche,’ the colo al cenotaph to Clement C.’s fame was now well throughout Europe, and wealth honors were thrust upon him. by the severe standard of the the work of C. is marked by a amount of artificiality, but this defect, if such it be, was the chief fn his succe . His personal exhibited many attractive qualities, the vast sums he acquired by — chiefly expended in acts of ence. TONIO (1828-97), Span. filled many offices of state, and Premier, 1874; in earlier life pub. novel, Las Campanas de Huesca;
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