Phidias

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ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC)

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Raphael paints wisdom Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I envy those old Greek bathers, into whose hands were delivered Pericles, and Alcibiades, and the perfect models of Phidias. They had daily before their eyes the highest types of Beauty which the world has ever produced; for of all things that are beautiful, the human body is the crown. Bayard Taylor

But it was Phidias who wrought the goddess's image in gold, and he has his name inscribed on the pedestal as the workman of it. Source: Internet

Athena Parthenos main The only piece of sculpture from the Parthenon known to be from the hand of Phidias citation was the statue of Athena housed in the naos. Source: Internet

Helen Gardner, pp. 138-148 The famous sculptor Phidias fills the space at the Parthenon (448-432 BC) with a complex array of draped and undraped figures of deities who appear in attitudes of sublime relaxation and elegance. Source: Internet

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