Phidias greek sculptor biography books

However, the core was wooden. Statue of Athena Promachos Phidias other most famous work was the Athena Promachos or Parthenos , which was originally housed in the Parthenon in Athens. A model of chryselephantine sculpture from the High Classical period. Phidias was unusually versatile, being renowned as a sculptor not only Ivory head of Apollo, perhaps carved by Phidias, looted in by Pietro Casasanta and repatriated to Italy in Athena was the goddess of wisdom and warriors and the protector of Athens.

However, the most important finding by far was a small cup belonging to the Phidias. Gallery [ edit ]. At some point in Phidias' career he befriended the famous and influential statesman Pericles , the famous champion of Greek architecture and sculpture, which was one of the chief reasons Athens held the reputation as the cultural centre of the ancient world.

OCLC The throne was decorated with gold, ivory, ebony and other precious stones. Phidias is quite possibly the originator of the famous Greek Classical idealist style. He was the one who made two of the most important works in the history of Greek sculpture, the gold and ivory statues of Athena in the Parthenon and Zeus in Olympia.

The Symphonette Press. Plutarch writes that he superintended the great works ordered by Greek statesman Pericles on the Acropolis.

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A significant advancement in the knowledge of Phidias's working methodology came during —58 with the excavation of the workshop at Olympia where he created the Statue of Zeus. For Greek myth figure, see Pheidas mythology. Phidias worked in the Acropolis until the decade of the s when he left for Olympia due to a scandal. Phidias' Sculpture Contemporary critics acclaimed Phidias's sculpture for it's aesthetic values.

Very little is known of Phidias' life, apart from his works.

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Numerous replicas have been made, in both the ancient and modern world. One of the most interesting monuments in Olympia is the workshop of Phidias. Perserschutt Moria. Browse all BookRags Study Guides. Given free rein by powerful patrons, Phidias was able to create some of the most beautiful works of the high classical period. Phidias is generally regarded as one of the greatest sculptors of Classical Antiquity , and the greatest carver of High Classical Greek sculpture.