Praxiteles

Speech parts

1. Praxiteles - Noun

2. Praxiteles - Proper noun

Meaning

ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)

Examples

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. José Martí

Praxiteles gives a new direction to the satyr in art. Source: Internet

Phidias left a statue of a famous Hermes Logios and Praxiteles another, also well known, showing him with the baby Dionysus in his arms. Source: Internet

Finally Praxiteles seems to be released from any art and religious conformities, and his masterpieces are a mixture of naturalism with stylization. Source: Internet

In the show’s catalogue released on Friday, however, Michael Bennett, curator of Greek and Roman Art at the museum, makes the bold claim that not only is the work an original Greek bronze, but that he believes it is the work of sculptor Praxiteles. Source: Internet

The Aphrodite of Cnidus was one of the most famous works of the Attic sculptor Praxiteles (4th century BC). Source: Internet

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