Praxiteles

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Two of the most famous sculptors that chapped our concept for art. The first sculptor is Praxiteles. The second one is Lysippos.There are many sculptures for Praxiteles, one of his famous works is The Aphrodite of Knidos. This magnificent piece of art is often referred to another sculptor Venus Pudica (modest Venus) the name was a reference to the statue covering her genital area. The statute covering her genital area was an attempt to make her more modest, but the gesture only emphasized the…

In 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art purchased Apollo the Python-Slayer (figure one) which they believe to be the only surviving piece from the Greek sculptor Praxiteles. After the purchase, questions arose regarding the authenticity of the museum’s claims as well as the murky history of how this piece was procured and how it was found in Germany in the 1980’s. Scholars agree that Apollo is ancient, but are irresolute of the label the sculpture should don. Two arguments sprung from the display…

The Altercation of Apollo One of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s proudest, and most controversial, pieces is the statue of Apollo by Praxiteles. Steven Litt from the Plain Dealer writes that since there is not clear documentation concerning ownership, exportation, and authenticity of Apollo, he should not be displayed in the Cleveland Museum of Art (2). Curator, Michael Bennett, was so blinded by the bronze Apollo that he disregarded any of the moral codes set by the Cleveland Museum of Art…

Goddess to have and then the Minoans coated the sculpture with faience, which is a technique that the Minoan used to glaze earthenware and other ceramic objects by using a quartz paste. The sculpture was about one foot and one and a half inches tall and comparing it to the Greek sculpture, it’s pretty small and most of the Minoan sculptures are around that same height. As for the Aphrodite of Knidos was six feet and eight inches tall and it was made out of marble, which gave it a much smoother…

one side. “What about the original work that was credited to the sculptor Praxiteles” Of course, it involved great admiration in the later Hellenistic and Roman times. Numerous reproductions and variations were made upon the theme. The striations on this example are the result of weathering as you can see on the body of the sculpture. “Did Praxiteles first depict Aphrodite as the deity of beauty and love, in a bare form?” Yes that is correct, in fact this was like a daring invention that the…

Aphrodite of Knidos This is a sculpture by a Ancient Greek sculptor, Praxiteles of Athens, titled Aphrodite of Knidos. Praxiteles carved out this sculpture around 350 BCE, from the ancient city of Knidos in Asia Minor. The figure was carved out of marble and it was 6 feet and 8 inches tall, bigger than a life size figure. The statue shows a woman that is represented in nude with no hands, and a body that is very timeworn. It is a sculpture that can be seen at many different points. This…

Aphrodite of Melos (Venus Di Milo) Vera Feng AP Art History Thursday, October 2, 2014 Today, the famous Hellenistic sculpture of a goddess half-heartedly holding her garment over her hips sits in the Louvre. Although first thought to be carved by Praxiteles, the beloved Aphrodite of Melos (Venus Di Milo), dated ca. 150-125 BCE, is now understood to have been created by Alexandros of Antioch. This beautiful marble sculpture hails from Melos, Greece. Although a large part of this piece’s fame…

When making reference to a humanistic way and a naturalistic way, the concept is simply taking an individual or a collective behaviour and emotion into account. For example, Fichner-Rathus affirms, “Hermes is delicately carved, and his musculature is realistically depicted, suggesting the preference of nature as a model over adherence to a rigid, predefined canon.” (307) To explain, the artist Praxiteles depicted his subjects in a way that shows their lively spirit and emotion. He would not…

For this reason, the artists of the time wanted to impose order and rationality through their works. The philosophy was that humanity was “the measure of all things”, leading the sculptors to strive for realistic appearances in their works rather than idealized ones. They aimed to do so by producing pieces which were more realistic than before. In addition, Late Classical Sculptors aimed to humanize figures from Greek Mythology by showing them in distressed states. The use of rational thought…