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Praxiteles (lived mid-4th century BC)Greek sculptor. His Aphrodite of Cnidus of about 350 BC is thought to have initiated the tradition of life-size free-standing female nudes in Greek sculpture. It was destroyed by fire in AD 475, but a Roman copy exists in the Vatican. Praxiteles was active in Athens. He worked in a softer, more poetic style than his predecessors of the 5th century BC. His Hermes, a major work of the time, was found in Olympia 1877. |
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History says that the temples of the Acropolis were filled with the noblest works of Praxiteles and Phidias, and of many a great master in sculpture besides--and surely these elegant fragments attest it. Oh, for a Phidias or a Praxiteles to have made the wonder of her body immortal! |
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