The Art of Praxiteles: The Development of Praxiteles' Workshop and Its Cultural Tradition Until the Sculptor's Acme (364-1 BC)

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L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER, 2004 - Architecture - 345 pages
Praxiteles is one of the most famous sculptors from ancient Greece. This study looks at both his personal background and the activities of his workshop. Chapters are devoted to placing Praxiteles in the artistic context of the period, alongside his rivals, before Corso examines his birth, family, early life and education. Subsequent chapters look at the work of Praxiteles in the workshop of Cephisodotus the Elder in the late 4th century and the art he created then, before turning to Praxiteles' own workshop and the now famous collection of works that he produced: The kidnapping of Persephone, Persephone descending to the Underworld, The Caryatids, the Maenads, and the bronze statues of Dionysus and Eros, to name just a few.
 

Contents

FIRST CHAPTER
7
Archaeological Museum no 1463 12 The triad of Demeter Kore and Iakchus
13
Danae the Nymphs
19
Philiscus
44
h Cephisodotus the Elder
76
Xenophon of Athens
100
THIRD CHAPTER
115
The Warrior standing beside a horse at Athens
125
Photographical
327
Tyrantslayers
329

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