The Art of Praxiteles. IV. The Late Phase of his Activity
Corso Antonio
Libreria Editrice L'Erma di Bretschneider
English Text.
Roma, 2013; clothbound, pp. 262, 64 b/w ill., cm 17x25.
(Studia Archaeologica. 190).
series: Studia Archaeologica
ISBN: 88-913-0291-0 - EAN13: 9788891302915
Subject: Essays on Ancient Times
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Weight: 0.95 kg
The most important works of this master considered in this essay are his sculptures for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Apollo Sauroctonus, the Eros of Parium, the Artemis Brauronia, Peitho and Paregoros, his Aphrodite from Corinth, the group of Apollo and Poseidon, the Apollinean triad of Mantinea, the Dionysus of Elis, the Hermes of Olympia and the Aphrodite Pseliumene.
Complete lists of ancient copies and variations derived from the masterpieces studied here are also provided.
The creation by the artist of an art of pleasure and his visual definition of a remote and mythical Arcadia of beautiful and gentle tales are discovered and followed through their development.