Late Classical Period Sculptor Callimachus (Active 432-408), he was considered to be an exceptionally clever and innovative artist. It is also said that he was nicknamed "catatexitechnus" - often simply translated as "the perfectionist" although a better rendering is " one who spoils his art by over-elaboration".
Myron (active 480-440 BCE) Myron was one of the greatest sculptors of Early Classical Greek sculpture. He was famed for his sculptures of powerful athletes and life-like animals. He produced mainly bronze sculpture and was considered a versatile and innovative artist in his time. His most famous statue, which exists only in the form of […]
Phidias (488-431 BCE) Phidias is generally regarded as one of the greatest sculptors of Classical Antiquity, and the greatest carver of Early Classical Greek sculpture. Also a painter and architect, Phidias was celebrated for his bronzes and especially his chryselephantine statues (in gold and ivory). Among his many famous works of Greek sculpture he is […]
The chronology of Greek sculpture is very complex (Note, many of the statues that represent the Greek sculpture of antiquity are really Roman copies). The information on the web is very inconsistent. There are unreliable sources that even on the very same web page demonstrate inconsistencies. I will try to be brief and somewhat accurate, […]
A prominence on the inner side of the external ear, in front of and partly closing the passage to the organs of hearing. The tragus is the tongue-like projection of the outer ear. Its name comes from the Greek word tragos, meaning "he-goat." According to hearsay, the Greek word was influenced by Peloponnesian tragedy.