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Look up: Praxiteles

  1. Praxiteles
    Athenian sculptor of the 4th century BCE, whose best known works are the Hermes and baby Dionysos from Olympia, and the Aphrodite of Knidos. His innovations were in the depiction of intimacy and emotion.
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  2. Praxiteles
    [n] - ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
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  3. 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,...
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  4. Praxiteles
    noun ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
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  5. Praxiteles
    greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century and one of the most original of Greek artists. By transforming the detached and majestic style of ... [5 related articles]
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  6. Praxiteles
    Praxiteles was a 4th century BC Greek sculptor. He carved Hermes carrying Dionysus.
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  7. Praxiteles
    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 prede...
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  8. Praxiteles
    `Praxiteles` (; Ancient Greek: Πραξιτέλης) of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no indubitably attributable sculpt...
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