Phidias - Wikipedia
Phidias or Pheidias (/ ˈfɪdiəs /; Ancient Greek: Φειδίας, Pheidias; c. 480 – c. 430 BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, active in the 5th century BC. His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Phidias | Biography, Works, & Facts | Britannica
Phidias (flourished c. 490–430 bce) was an Athenian sculptor, the artistic director of the construction of the Parthenon, who created its most important religious images and supervised and probably designed its overall sculptural decoration. It is said of Phidias that he alone had seen the exact image of the gods and that he revealed it to man.
Phidias: The Greatest Sculptor of Antiquity - TheCollector
Mar 18, 2021 · 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 masterful works of ancient sculptor Phidias
Nov 17, 2014 · Phidias was a master sculptor in ancient Greece. Very little is known of his life, but his accomplishments are famous throughout the world. Phidias worked masterfully with bronze and other materials, and he created colossal statues in …
Athena Parthenos by Phidias - World History Encyclopedia
Jan 25, 2015 · The temple was constructed to house the new gold and ivory cult statue of the goddess by the master sculptor Phidias (also Pheidias) and to proclaim to the world the success of Athens as leader of the coalition of Greek forces in the Persian Wars.
Phidias - World History Encyclopedia
Jul 7, 2017 · Phidias is most famous for his three Athenian monuments to Athena, the virgin Greek goddess of wisdom and war, as well as the statue of Zeus at the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Phidias, Parthenon sculpture (pediments, metopes and frieze)
Phidias, Parthenon sculpture (pediments, metopes and frieze) by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Discover stunning depictions of gods, heroes, and mythical beasts in the most influential sculptures in history.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia - Wikipedia
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, [1] made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia - World History Encyclopedia
Jul 24, 2018 · The master sculptor and architect Phidias (also spelt Pheidias, active c. 465-425 BCE), who had already supervised construction of the Parthenon (447-432 BCE) in Athens and its giant statue of the city's patron goddess Athena, was called on again to produce a similarly monumental sculpture of Zeus.
Phidias – Ancient Greece’s most Famous Sculptor
Nov 14, 2021 · Phidias or Pheidias was an Athenian sculptor who lived between 490-425BC. Famous for his statues of Athena in the Parthenon and Zeus at Olympia, he is probably the most renowned sculptor of classical antiquity. Most of his major works are lost. But Phidias survives in the archaeological record.
Phidias — Google Arts & Culture
Phidias or Pheidias was a Greek sculptor, painter, and architect. His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Phidias also designed the statues of the...
Phidias (Pheidias) - Brown University
It was completed in 456 BCE and stood on the Athenian Acropolis for all to see as the largest statue yet erected. Phidias completed the Lemnian Athena between 451-448 BCE. The massive chryselephantine cult statue, Athena Parthenos, was made out of gold and ivory and measured 12 meters in height.
Phidias, Greek Sculptor - Ancient Greece
Phidias was an Athenian sculptor, the son of Charmides, and is generally acknowledged as the greatest ancient Greek sculptor and instigator of the classical style of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Although few facts are known about his life, it is …
Phidias – Famous Sculptor of Ancient Greece - Greek Boston
He made statues of Apollo, Aphrodite, and several of Athena, but his masterpiece was a 43 foot tall sculpture of Zeus for the sanctuary of Olympia. It was a towering statue of Chryselephantine on a cedar throne adorned with ebony, ivory, gold, and precious jewels.
Phidias: Ancient Greek Sculptor, Biography
Phidias is generally regarded as one of the greatest sculptors of Classical Antiquity, and the greatest carver of High Classical Greek sculpture. Also a painter and architect, Phidias was celebrated for his bronzes and especially his chryselephantine statues (in gold and ivory).
Phidias summary | Britannica
Phidias , or Pheidias , (flourished c. 490–430 bc, Athens, Greece), Greek sculptor. Placed in charge of the great building program initiated by Pericles in Athens, he supervised and probably designed the overall sculptural decoration of the Parthenon.
Statue of Zeus | Ancient, Olympia, Temple | Britannica
Sep 24, 2024 · Statue of Zeus, at Olympia, Greece, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The statue was one of two masterpieces by the Greek sculptor Phidias (the other being the statue of Athena in the Parthenon) and was placed in the huge …
Phidias - Encyclopedia.com
May 23, 2018 · The Greek sculptor Phidias (active ca. 475-425 B.C.), the dominant artistic figure of the 5th century, was best known for two chryselephantine cult statues, the "Athena Parthenos" in the Parthenon, Athens, and the "Zeus" in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia.
Parthenon: Definition, Facts, Athens & Greece | HISTORY
Feb 2, 2018 · Athenian sculptor, Phidias. Pericles commissioned the renowned Greek architects Ictinus and Callicrates and the sculptor Phidias to design the Parthenon, which became the largest...
The Statue of Zeus in Olympia: A Lost Wonder - TheCollector
Jan 8, 2022 · The statue of Zeus in Olympia was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the masterpiece of Phidias, antiquity’s greatest sculptor. Sadly, the statue was destroyed under unknown circumstances at some point in late antiquity.