| 单词 | Phidias |
| 例句 | She longed to see a most beautiful statue of the goddess of Argos, made by the great sculptor Polyclitus the Elder, who was said to be as great as his younger contemporary, Phidias. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Brilliantly conceived, the British Museum’s new exhibition “Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece” juxtaposes Rodin with his idol Phidias. ‘Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece’ Review: Recasting History 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z How do you cross the power of Phidias with the delicacy of Fragonard? La Vie en Rose 2010-02-18T17:35:00Z Instead of replicating Polykleitos’ arithmetical perfection and Phidias’ impersonal muscularity, Rodin presents a nervous, boyish figure. ‘Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece’ Review: Recasting History 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The godfather of colossal statues, made by the most famous of the early Greek sculptors, was the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, sculpted by Phidias around 453 B.C. How we lost the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The marble figures are part of a frieze that decorated the 2,500-year old temple, made by the sculptor Phidias. Deal to return Elgin Marbles to Greece at advanced stage - reports 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Within the temple, Phidias crafted a giant statue of Athena that not only contained such precious materials as gold and ivory, but also stood over 30 feet tall. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the 27 monuments to be preserved are the original Olympic Stadium, the temples of Zeus and Hera, and the workshop of the renowned sculptor Phidias. Ancient Olympia to be digitally preserved 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The woman is portrayed with her breasts and left leg exposed highlighting the humanity and artistry of Phidias, the master sculptor commissioned by Pericles to decorate the temple. Greece offers sculpture swap in bid for Parthenon marbles 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z These unique and prized works of art were crafted by the famed sculptor Phidias to be in Athens, not in a city thousands of miles away. Opinion | It is time for the British Museum to do the right thing and give back artifacts 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z But the more common Greek letter for the same number is phi, as an homage to the Greek sculptor Phidias who used the golden ratio in many works. The Tao of Tau 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Phidias and other sculptors during this golden age aimed to create figures that were graceful, strong, and perfectly formed. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She dwells on the friendship between Pericles, Athens’s most influential statesman, and Phidias, the sculptor who would lead the rebuilding of the Acropolis following its destruction by the Persians. Ted Cruz’s top foreign policy adviser has written a book. It’s about art history. 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The sculptural work is attributed to Phidias, who also created the statue of Zeus at Olympus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Elgin Marble Secretly Shipped To Russia 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z These now include the restructuring of the island's second biggest bank, Laiki, a move that its chief, Takis Phidias, described as a "disaster not just for the bank but for the economy of Cyprus". Cyprus bailout deal closer after MPs vote for bank shake-up 2013-03-22T23:59:17Z They now include the restructuring of the island's second biggest bank, Laiki, a move that its CEO, Takis Phidias, described as a "disaster not just for the bank but for the economy of Cyprus". Savings tax for Cyprus looms again after Russia turns its back 2013-03-22T20:30:35Z At the further end of the hall, upon a biclinium, or double couch, reclined Arria Marcella in an attitude which recalled the reclining woman of Phidias, upon the pediment of the Parthenon. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Cornelius justly said that since Phidias its like has not been formed.... Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z "Painters and sculptors represented only corporeal beauty: there was no expression in the figures of Phidias or Parrhasius." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Their bases bear the names of Phidias and Praxiteles, and though their claim to be the work of such distinguished sculptors is doubtful, they are certainly of Greek origin. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z What use is there in the skill of the physician unless by that skill he heals the sick, or in the art of Phidias unless he chisels the ivory or the gold.... History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The most celebrated of all, by the renowned Greek sculptor Phidias, measured full forty feet in height. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Philosophy of Art in the Netherlands": "Rubens is to Titian what Titian was to Raphael, and Raphael was to Phidias. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The fluted columns, lifted up on the marble stylobate which has been trodden by the feet of Pericles and Phidias, are huge in girth, and rise to a height of between thirty and forty feet. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z With such leaders as Pericles and Phidias, as Sophocles and Plato, it seemed as though nothing was impossible to the mind of man. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Stilpo was exiled for doubting whether the Athene of Phidias was a goddess and the books of Anaxagoras and Protagoras were publicly burned. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Within the temple at Olympia stood a wonderful statue of gold and ivory, the work of Phidias. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z A pupil of Phidias would have traced in it the germ of one of those antique bas-reliefs, of which the marble has become more precious than gold. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Legend relates that when Phidias had completed his great statue of Zeus, and it had been placed in position, Zeus sent down a thunderbolt which struck the ground close to the statue. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The statues, by Phidias, of Minerva, represent her as decorated with this emblem. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z If Phidias, Michael Angelo, and Raphael exhibited at Burlington House, their pupils and followers would overflow with good work in various degrees of elaboration. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The Greeks were indebted to Phidias for many of their most exquisite statues of the gods; but none of the others equaled this figure of Jupiter in size, dignity of attitude, or elaborate finish. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z There are collected the ruins of the ancient societies, temples, columns, statues, the remains of Italian and Grecian genius, chefs-d'ouvre of Praxiteles, Phidias, Raphael, Michael Angelo, and a hundred masters. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z A piece of sculpture, the colour of a coffee bean, was shown to us, and our guide stated it was believed to be the work of that famous artist, Phidias. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z The magnificent temple of the goddess has disappeared, and the colossal statue made by the immortal Phidias now adorns the vestibule of the University at Cambridge. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Some imitator of Phidias had achieved his masterpiece in this. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z In himself a Phidias is quite possible as a poet, but, if modern strength be taken into consideration, almost solely in the sense that to God nothing is impossible. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z "The marble statues of the Parthenon would have remained blocks of stone forever had not Phidias cut them out," Aristotle responded. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Gazing on the most sublime and beautiful creations of Greek art, the masterpieces of Phidias and Praxiteles, he has no eye for their beauty or their sublimity. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z It was said of Phidias's Jupiter seated in Olympus, that were he ever to stand erect the sudden uprising would rend asunder the vaulted roof. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Is it not because Homer sang, Phidias wrought, and Plato, Aristotle, Demosthenes, Thucydides, with a host of others, thought and wrote? Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z The statue was of the same dimensions and was composed of the same materials as the Olympian Jupiter; it was also the work of Phidias. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z He was a clean-cut, clear-eyed young man, hardly more than twenty-one years old, with a face and figure that might have served as a model for Phidias himself. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Be it understood, I speak of the form of the Platonic mind, not of its logical matter; in point of doctrine, the Homeric faith was no more that of Plato than of Phidias. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Where they slept was another matter, suggesting neither Corot nor Phidias. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z In the fifth century Phidias climbed as high in the accomplishment of ideals as the imagination could soar. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z The Parthenon was one of the most beautiful of the Greek temples, and was enriched by the hand of Phidias with statues and other ornaments. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z They exhibit Greek sculpture at its highest stage, and were partly the work of Phidias. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Just as well might caricatures be made of the statues of Phidias. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z The Cloud-Compeller was still mighty, and as huge as if cut out of marble by Phidias, but weakened and gloomy. Life and Death And Other Legends and Stories 2011-04-02T02:00:10.393Z Necessarily then, unless another Phidias arose, whatever in art came after him would appear to mark a decline. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z It was considered the finest work of art of the great Athenian sculptor, Phidias, and there are still in existence busts taken from it, which are remarkable for their calm majesty of expression. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Savans refer the statue to the time of Phidias, and as this is a pleasant idea to me, I go a little further, and ascribe her to Phidias himself. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z This pediment was the work of Phidias, and, like so many of the former monuments of ancient art and civilization, is now forever lost to mankind. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He was the son of Phidias, an astronomer, and was a friend and kinsman of King Hieron of Syracuse and his son Gelon. Archimedes Men of Science 2011-03-13T03:00:23.660Z But it is scarcely proper to put the case of Phidias forward for comparative purposes. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Phidias of Rome! like him thou stand'st sublime: And after artists shall essay to climb To that high temple where thou dwell'st alone, Amidst the trophies thou from time hast won. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The Apollo Belvidere, by Phidias, is an exquisite specimen of it. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z And the old man drew himself back into an attitude which would have defied the powers of Phidias to reproduce in marble, the stone poised accurately and all too ready to be hurled. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z It was in this genius of grouping that I fancy Phidias chiefly excelled all his contemporaries: single statues of Polycletus are said to have been preferred in competitions. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z How Phidias overcame the task of representing the goddess is well known. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z The austere style of Phidias gave place to the dreamy sentiment of Praxiteles, to the fiery passion of Scopas. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z Old Homer and the Iliad, the Trojan and the Greek, The Parthenon and Phidias, not ancient, but antique. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z Considered by Brunn and others a copy from a head of the statue by Phidias. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z Morosini wished to take down the sculptures of Phidias from the eastern pediment, but his workmen attempted it so clumsily that the figures fell from their place, and were dashed to pieces on the ground. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The images of the Zeus and Athena of Phidias, though we know little of them except from literary records and inferior copies, are far more brilliantly mirrored upon our minds than the Parthenon reliefs. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z He was now all in favour of the grand style; he dogmatised eloquently about Phidias and Winckelmann. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Phidias must keep his awful Jove only in his head; there is no marble to carve it on. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z At last a great artist named Phidias produced a statue which perfectly carried out all the ideas at which other sculptors had aimed. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z The extraordinary power of grouping in the designs of Phidias is, however, very completely shown us in the better preserved band of the cella frieze, along which the splendid Panathenaic procession winds its triumphal way. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Homer, Phidias, and Raphael have enabled us to throw upon our minds images far above any of actual experience. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Among the most highly valued, was that in the temple of Jupiter Olympus, where she was represented by Phidias, as rising from the sea, and crowned by the goddess of Persuasion. Heathen Mythology A short distance within the entrance stood the bronze statue of Athena Promachus, a colossal work of Phidias, 66 feet high, showing the goddess in complete armour and leaning on a lance. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The first successors of Phidias made direct studies from his statue, but those coming after worked from copies. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z It is the chief quality which makes the school of Phidias matchless. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Phidias was more of an inspiration to him than Aristotle; Titian more actual than Todhunter. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel When you see a work of Phidias, does not your whole being sink as if into divinely cool waters? In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. This renowned structure, still glorious in its ruins, was built under the auspices of Pericles, Phidias being the sculptor and artistic adviser, and Ictīnus and Callicrates the architects. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Still later artists took for their models copies of these copies, until at last much of the original grandeur of Phidias's conception was lost. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z He can stand on the very spot where once was placed the unrivalled image—the masterpiece of Phidias’s art. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Shakespeare himself would have been commonplace had he been paddocked in a thinly shaven vocabulary, and Phidias, had he worked in wax, only a more inspired Mrs. Jarley. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses I have a splendid Greek sculptor, almost another Phidias, and another a second Zeuxis with the brush. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs She was a rare specimen of native grace and loveliness, and would have been a fitting model, in every feature and limb, for a Phidias or a Praxitiles. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 The bust of Zeus reproduced in our illustration is thought to be a far-away copy of the head of Phidias's statue. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z This perfectly agrees with the note of Pausanias, who adds, in mentioning this very work, that Alkamenes was considered in his day an artist second only to Phidias. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The very fact of Hearn's comparison between the art of Praxiteles and Phidias, and the grotesque whimsicality of Japanese imaginings, shows that he had not grasped the dignity and breadth of Greek culture. Lafcadio Hearn They have the faces of Madonnas and the figures of Greek statues; both Raphael and Phidias would have chosen them for models. Her Royal Highness Woman No Demeter wrought by the craft of Phidias would have appeared so holy to the Phigalians as the strange old figure of the goddess with the head of a mare. Custom and Myth New Edition At this time also lived the great sculptor Phidias, and to him Pericles intrusted the decoration of the new temple. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z However true this may be, we can answer at once that the workmen of Phidias did not produce this kind of work. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Mr. Ginsburg slid himself along the bench until a customer for a AA misses' last would have fitted with difficulty between, and looked at her as ancient Phidias must have looked at his Athene. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Because, you know, he has promised, when they are finished, to take me to Italy, and to Greece, to the country of Phidias, whose mantle has fallen upon my husband.” Bye-Ways We mean Apelles with his pencil, Phidias with his chisel, Alcibiades with his sword. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Finally, it was the age of great art, when architecture and sculpture attained perfection and when Phidias, the foremost Greek sculptor, produced his masterpieces. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z There can, however, be no doubt that it does not date from the older and severer age of sculpture, of which Phidias and Polycletus were the highest representatives. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z "I wonder if Phidias used to be contented with what he'd done?" she thought. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story They landed, so we were told, at Melos, and there broke the beautiful statue of Athene, sculptured by Phidias. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 Foremost among these was Pericles's friend and counsellor, Phidias, a "king in the domain of art, as Pericles was in political life." Greek Women From this time forth every sculptor who had to represent Zeus had only to repeat the design of Phidias. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z In the specimens we have of the days of Phidias and Polycletus these proportions are altered. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Not the enthusiastic wisdom of Plato; not the gilded ivory of Phidias; not Homer and not Thucydides gave me what I wanted! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 When she married Socrates he was a sculptor, and, according to report, a very fair one,—not, perhaps, a Phidias, but one doing good, serviceable, paying work. Maids Wives and Bachelors So important was this procession that Phidias selected it as the theme to be portrayed on the frieze of the Parthenon. Greek Women He appointed Phidias superintendent of all the public edifices, and employed the most skilled workmen. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z The Æginetan marbles are less developed than Phidias’s work; but from the relief of Aristion, and the Theseus of the Acropolis, to these, is a wide gulf in artistic feeling. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z There stood Amid the ornamental bronze and stone An ancient image made of olive wood; And gone are Phidias’ carven ivories And all his golden grasshoppers and bees. Seven Poems and a Fragment During his extraordinary histrionic career he gave his individual and amazing renditions of Hamlet, Phidias, Shylock, Othello, and Richelieu. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories You must have seen the Parthenon and Athene Promachos which navigators distinguish far out at sea long before they can descry Athens; the wonderful procession of horses in the metopes; the prodigious works of Phidias. Sónnica But I need not continue; for, of course, this is your story just as much as it is mine; and, strange to think, it was Shakespeare’s too, and Beethoven’s, and Phidias’s. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Had the upper extremities of the human body terminated at the wrist, such a man as Phidias might have existed, but his occupation would have been unknown. Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect Her densely thick hair curled naturally, and gleamed like golden enamel, diminishing, after the manner of Phidias' ideal Venus, the smoothest of foreheads, and fluttering the most roguish of little ringlets over the blue-veined temples. Eyes Like the Sea Her throat and shoulders gleamed white as starlight while her tapering arms would have urged an envious sigh from a Phidias or a David. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The Panathenaic festivals should end with a procession like that which took place in Athens, and which Phidias had immortalized in marble in his famous friezes. Sónnica It is no more suited to ordinary life than would a golden and ivory goddess of Phidias be suited to be the wife of a mortal man. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II His first book, originally published in 1860, reappeared in 1864 under the title of Un Cheval de Phidias: it is a romantic study of art in the golden age of Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" While yet an infant, he sang with Homer, and carved with Phidias, and philosophized with Aristotle,—as none have ever sung, or carved, or philosophized since. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Here is Phidias, gorgeous sculptor in gold and ivory, giant dreamer of the Infinite in marble; but he will not use the fig-leaf. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today When there was a question whether this figure should be made of marble or of ivory, and Phidias recommended marble as the p. 163cheapest, the whole assembly of Athenians voted for ivory. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History In some places Michael Angelo, Leonardo, Phidias, Perugino, Turner, all finished with the most exquisite care; and the finish they give always leads to the fuller accomplishment of their noble purposes. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Phidias can niche himself into the corner of a pediment, and Raffaelle expatiate within the circumference of a clay platter; but Pugin is inexpressible in less than a cathedral? The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) By this conflict, multiplex or simple, the conquering energy of the form, the defeated energy of the material, the serenity of the statues of Phidias, of the tragedies of Sophocles, is attained. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe The Minerva of Phidias or Praxiteles was no safer from the iconoclastic frenzy of the new convert from heathenism than the rude idol of a less cultivated age. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Such must have been the works of those famous Romans and Greeks, Phidias and Praxiteles. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion The age represents a galaxy of great men: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Socrates, Thucydides, Phidias, Ictinus, and others. History of Human Society Phidias has represented these waves like a mass of overlapping tiles, thus generalising their rippling movement. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Take away that and you take away Pericles, Phidias, Sophocles, Plato. A Modern Symposium Josè gazed at her reverently, as of old the sculptor Phidias might have stood in awe before the vision which he saw in the unchiseled marble. Carmen Ariza If the Cyclopean stones of the Pelasgians are not like the finished works of art by Phidias, what would the Parthenon be without the walls ascribed to the Cyclops? My Autobiography A Fragment There is, in one sense, far more faith in some hideous miracle-working icon which sends out starving peasants to massacre Jews than in the Athena of Phidias. Five Stages of Greek Religion We of course went to see the ruins of the Parthenium, built by Pericles and ornamented with the marbles of Phidias. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife I doubt whether Phidias would have done much with your Miss Fay. Marion Fay Socrates, Phidias and Anaxagoras were all frequent visitors, and probably also Sophocles and Euripides. The Truth About Woman The greatest genius in the world could not reproduce another Athene like that of Phidias. Bunyan The Greeks fathomed this mystery: all Athens worshipped its marbles, and Phidias was crowned King of Emotions. Melomaniacs And yet men fancy they are artists, dream of a fame glorious as that of Phidias! Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy We memorize Praxiteles, Phidias, Myron, the ancient cairns, the parts of an Egyptian temple. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College As there are no sculptors in our town, it devolves as usual upon the 'followers of the divine art of Apelles' to try their hands at the art of Phidias. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba But soon, grown weary of an art antique, Of Phidias and of Venus, lo! again Within another new and plastic strain She grouped her charms unveiled and unique. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Phidias, one of the greatest sculptors the world has seen, and whose name has become, as it were, the synonym of his art, was born at Athens about 500 B.C. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Why did Phidias include a likeness of himself in the shield of Minerva, when he was not allowed to inscribe his name on it? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero He describes Phidias as being inspired to make his Jupiter, as well as the prophets to write their burdens. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors If the student has seen only the broken fragments of Phidias, what can he know of the Parthenon as it once stood in the zenith of its perfection, in the splendor of its beauty? A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character True, we find no Raphael or Beethoven, no Phidias or Michael Angelo among women. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The subject of the painting, executed, at least in part, by the brother of Phidias, was the Battle of Marathon, in which great event it is thought he may himself have taken part. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Sophocles and Euripides were contemporary with Pericles and Phidias; the same age witnessed the Clouds of Aristophanes, the death of Socrates, and the history of Thucydides. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 And so Phidias and his companions created sculpture, Herodotus history, Demosthenes oratory, Plato and Aristotle philosophy, Zeuxis painting, and Pericles statesmanship. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Grown old and blind, he gropes his way into the gallery of the Vatican, where with uplifted face his fingers feel their way over the torso of Phidias. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character The other ancient wonders were the Statue of Jupiter that was made of ivory and gold by Phidias, and the Mausoleum of Artemisia. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The boyhood of Phidias fell in a time of national revival, when under the influence of an ennobling political excitement, all the arts were quickened to a fresh, original, and splendid growth. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History There is as little diversity of opinion on the subject, as in the admiration of the sculpture of Phidias, the verses of Virgil, or the paintings of Raphael. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 It is true that Phidias was inspired to make his statue and to build the Parthenon. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Memorable forever the little room where Milton wrote, the cottage where Shakespeare dwelt, the spot where Dante dreamed, the ruin where Phidias wrought. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Mood after mood, its subtle secret hid, Plies in the earth and has its moody way, Patient or swift—to build a pyramid, Or strike a Phidias from the quickened clay ... Ships in Harbour On leaving the workshop of Ageladas, Phidias executed several statues that brought him prominently before the public. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History I have not chanted verse like Homer, no— Nor swept string like Terpander, no—nor carved140 And painted men like Phidias and his friend: I am not great as they are, point by point. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The sculptures of the Parthenon, now in the British Museum, can lead us to appreciate the manner of Phidias, and the character of his school, so observed by Flaxman. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Thus all the creative minds, from Phidias to Shakespeare, have united strength of memory with fertility of invention. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Phidias made so many statues of the virgin goddess Athena, that his name became associated with hers, as at a later day that of Raphael was with the Virgin Mary. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The sublime architecture of the Propylæa and the Parthenon, the magnificent sculpture of Phidias and Praxiteles, could not fail to excite his wonder. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Phidias himself would have preferred to have executed them in marble. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But the treatment of these ideas is purely, broadly human, on a level with that of the sculpture of Phidias. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 In comparison with the men who carried Aryan civilization throughout the world, the Hindoo of to-day is as far removed as is the modern Greek from the Greek of the time of Pericles and Phidias. The Critic in the Orient The first great undertaking was the building of a temple to Athena Parthenos, Athena the Virgin, a design believed to have been suggested to Pericles by Phidias. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The songs of Homer, the dialogues of Plato, the speeches of Demosthenes, and the statues of Phidias, if not unrivalled, are at least unsurpassed by any thing that has been achieved by their successors. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Another remarkable statue of Phidias was the Athene Promachus, in the Acropolis. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Phidias and the early Greeks, there is no reason to believe, ever dissected even a monkey, much less a man, and yet where is there such skin, and muscle, and substance, and breath of life? Spare Hours The genius of Phidias is seen in the numerous sculptures which ornamented the city, and the general impulse he gave to art. Ancient States and Empires The plans were intrusted to Ictinus, an Athenian, one of the best architects of the day; but the general control and superintendence of the work were given to Phidias. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The statue of the virgin goddess, the work of Phidias, stood in the eastern chamber of the cella, and was composed of ivory and gold. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles These sculptures, however, which emanated from the mind of Phidias, and were most certainly executed under his eyes, and in his school, are not the works of his hands. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life "Phidias made the statue of Venus at Elis with one foot upon the shell of a tortoise, to signify two great duties of a virtuous woman, which are to keep home and be silent." Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He was also accused of peculation in complicity with Phidias. Ancient States and Empires The style was not new, though its invention was at one time ascribed to Phidias. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Phidias and Praxiteles and the rest shaped and chiselled, aiming at perfection no doubt, trying to do their best, but without troubling themselves as to what that best "ought" to be. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Phidias himself disdained or worked but little in marble. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life In passing the steps, she beheld the statue by Phidias, and her love for the beautiful prompted her to steal forward and take a hasty look. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Sculpture rapidly followed architecture, and passed from the stiffness of ancient times to that beauty which afterward distinguished Phidias and Polynotus. Ancient States and Empires No doubt, Phidias, like all who are born with the artistic temperament, would be interested from childhood in the progress of the splendid works with which Athens was enriching herself under the rule of Cimon. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Theseus and Athene were judged as works of art, not as lame though interesting revelations of Phidias's soul. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 The greatest work of Alcamenes was a statue of Venus in the Gardens, a work to which it is said Phidias himself put the finishing touch. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life At the entrance stood two small statues by Euphranor and Phidias. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Pardon me, if I doubt whether you will ever produce a great poet from your choirs, or a Mozart, or a Phidias, or a Michael Angelo, or a great philosopher, or a great scholar. Pearls of Thought Phidias studied his art first at Athens, with a native sculptor, Hegias, of whom we know nothing except from books. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History And be sure no faintest sin of the chisel was excused on the plea that Phidias meant more than he could express, and so bungled in the expression. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Agoracritus, who, Pliny says, was such a favorite of Phidias that he gave his own name to many of that artist's works, entered into a contest with Alcamenes, the subject being a statue of Venus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The work was by the celebrated sculptor Phidias, and was carved in gold and ivory. The Two Great Retreats of History Those two supreme Fine Arts of mature Greece, Architecture and Sculpture, are present in examples which foretell plainly Phidias and the Parthenon. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary For us, his own works forgotten, he remains in honor as the teacher of Myron, of Polycletus, and of Phidias, the three chief sculptors of the next generation to his own. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The crowning glory of the Parthenon was its magnificent sculpture, ascribed to Phidias, registering the highest level ever attained in plastic art. Shepp's Photographs of the World They exhibit, however, exaggeration, and are wanting in that repose and beauty which are the characteristics of the works of Phidias. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He was about five feet ten inches in height, and with body and limbs in as perfect proportion as the chisel of Phidias ever carved from marble. Camp-fire and Wigwam Greece we shall omit, because to talk of the arts, and Phidias, and Pericles, and 'all that,' is the surest way yet discovered by man for tempting a vindictive succession of kicks. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 But it was under the rule of Pericles that Phidias was to find at Athens his richest employment. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Morier thought them inferior to the temples at Athens, but so they may well be; the Athenian temples are built of white marble from the Pentelic quarries, and highly ornamented by Phidias. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I In the half draped Venus of Milo now in the Louvre, we have a genuine Greek work, which represents an intermediate style between that of Phidias and Praxiteles. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life In the Forum was placed a lofty column of porphyry, one hundred and twenty feet in height, on whose summit stood a colossal statue of Apollo, supposed to be the work of Phidias. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality On the countenance dwelt a calm and serious majesty which it needed the genius of a Phidias to produce, and which the visitors to the temple beheld with awe. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The taste of Phidias controlled the whole scheme of decoration applied to the building, into which color entered, no doubt, to a much greater extent than was formerly believed. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Phidias is the most famous of all Greek sculptors, and as Greek sculpture is the finest sculpture of which we have any knowledge, it follows that Phidias was the first sculptor of the world. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture For these he established a canon, as Phidias had done in sculpture for gods, and Polycletus for the human figure, whence Quintilian calls him the legislator of his art. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Phidias had discovered in the nod of the Homeric Jupiter the characteristic of majesty, inclination of the head. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Such sculptors as Phidias and such painters as Zeuxis adorned the city with the noblest products of their art. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A still more splendid work, and one which raised the fame of Phidias to the highest point, was the statue of the Olympian Zeus, made for the Eleans. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History As nearly as can be told, Phidias was born about B.C. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture In the chryselephantine, or ivory statues of Jove and Minerva, by Phidias, art was made a handmaid to religion. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The gods of Homer died when Phidias carved them in marble, and now they are immortally enthroned in the thought and heart of Europe. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Here the sculptors, headed by Phidias, filled temples, porticos, colonnades, and public places with the most exquisite creations in marble, and the painters with their marvellous reproductions of nature. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality In this statue, Phidias essayed to embody the Homeric ideal of the supreme divinity of the people of Greece sitting on his throne as a monarch, and in an attitude of majestic repose. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Though Phidias proved himself to be a great artist during the reign of Cimon, it was not until the time of Pericles that he reached the glorious height of his genius. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture It is well known that in the conception of his Jupiter Olympus, Phidias wished to render manifest, and that he succeeded in realizing, the sublime image under which Homer represents the master of the gods. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life There once was a sculptor named Phidias, Whose statues by some were thought hideous; He made Aphrodite Without any nighty, Which shocked all the ultra-fastidious. The Book of Humorous Verse It was the work of Phidias, the greatest of Grecian sculptors, and was a seated statue of gold and ivory, over forty feet in height. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The downfall of Pericles, due to the jealousies of his rivals, carried with it the ruin of Phidias, his close friend, to whom he had entrusted such great undertakings. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It is related that when the work was completed Phidias prayed to Jupiter to give him a sign from heaven that he might know whether his work was pleasing to the great god or not. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture All that people imagine in the Jupiter Olympus of Phidias—they themselves confer. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 The miracle of it all is that such sublimely great men as Pericles, Phidias, Socrates and Anaxagoras should have sprung from such a barbaric folk. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators One of their choicest art treasures was made by Phidias, the greatest sculptor the world has ever known, out of a beautiful block of marble which Darius had brought from Persia. The Story of the Greeks That Scipio had some feeling of this kind need not be doubted, though the statue was not a great work of art like that of Phidias. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus In the later art of Phidias she is still stern and severe, but her face also expresses dignity and grandeur of thought and character. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Let Phidias have formed the statue, it is no better. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 He might have held the hordes at bay, but disloyalty struck at him at home—his best helpers were sacrificed to superstition—his beloved helper Phidias was dead. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Phidias vainly tried to defend himself; but they would not listen to him, and put him in prison, where he died. The Story of the Greeks "We became quite surfeited with eggs, Phidias and I," observed Mrs. Symes with an air of ennui. The Lady Doc While Alcamenes had this power of imparting grace to his statues, he also approached Phidias in majesty and a divine sweetness, which was the sweetness of great strength. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture We have long known that there is no German sculptor of the first class nor a German sculptor that is within ten thousand leagues of Rodin, Michael Angelo or Phidias. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon The charge against both Pericles and Phidias was that of "sacrilege." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators This temple, one of the wonders of the world, was decorated with beautiful carvings by Phidias, and all the rich Athenians went to see them as soon as they were finished. The Story of the Greeks "Oh, Phidias!" she whimpered, and sank down upon the edge of the bed, rolling her handkerchief into a ball between her palms, like an abashed and frightened child. The Lady Doc We are accustomed to call Praxiteles the greatest sculptor of the second school of Greek art, just as we give that place to Phidias in the first. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The eldest is a thing of beauty, with lines to delight a Phidias. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah They said that Pericles and Phidias should be punished because they had placed their pictures on a sacred shield. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators But in spite of all his talent, Phidias had many enemies. The Story of the Greeks "And are you still so desperately in love with Phidias?" The Lady Doc Critics have compared the progress and life which pervaded the art of the thirteenth century with the spirit of the age of Phidias. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Ask Phidias, then, or ask of Rodin if before bits of his work men no longer say, "It is his!" New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 That the masses had small appreciation of these men is proven in the fact that Phidias and Anaxagoras died in prison, probably defeating their persecutors by suicide. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators He was greatly attached to the sculptor Phidias, and he therefore did all in his power to save him from the envy of his fellow-citizens. The Story of the Greeks The most celebrated statue of the Olympian Zeus was that by the famous Athenian sculptor Phidias, which was forty feet high, and stood in the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome This kind of work is often said to have been invented by Phidias, but the truth seems to be that he was not its inventor, but carried it to great perfection. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Then he takes you in his hands—his very powerful, sensitive and discerning hands and begins—quite literally begins reshaping you like Phidias. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak It was adorned by statues and monuments by Praxiteles, Phidias and Myron. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel A mammoth building is as romantic to a new age as were the subtle carvings of Phidias to Greeks of old. The Wind Bloweth Some things have been done in history, like the sculptures of Phidias, that never have been done so well since and that perhaps never will be done so well again. Christianity and Progress The first great work with which the name of Phidias was connected was the building of the temple of Theseus, called also the Theseion. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture He goes to the Parthenon to study the sculptures of Phidias; to the temple of the Dioscuri to see the paintings of Polygnotus. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Within the inner sanctuary Phidias placed his chryselephantine figure of Athena Parthenos, the virgin, thirty-nine feet high, the flesh parts being in ivory and the garments of fine gold. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel The barbarian's club which destroyed the Grecian statues was no match for the chisel of Phidias and Praxiteles. Pushing to the Front No philosophy can win us away from Shakspeare, Plato, Angelo, Beethoven, Goethe, Phidias,—from the masters of sculpture, painting, music, and metaphor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Phidias executed many works under the patronage of Cimon, the greatest of which was the colossal statue of Minerva, which stood on the Acropolis. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Sculpture was thus generally practised in Greece, where there flourished a number of excellent artists, among them being Phidias of Athens, Praxiteles and Polycletus, very great masters. The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) Phidias copied his statues of Jupiter and Pallas from forms in his own soul, or those which the muse of Homer supplied. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) When the law was enacted he was engaged upon a group for which he hoped some day to receive the commendation of Phidias, the greatest sculptor living, and even the praise of Pericles. Pushing to the Front She broke off, staring with dismay at the underlined questions which met her eye in one of Agnes’s neatly written books: “Characterise the work of Praxiteles, comparing it with that of Phidias.” Etheldreda the Ready A School Story Though all this frieze was the conception of the great Phidias, it must have been the work of many hands, and close examination shows that some portions of it are done much better than others. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Near the Propylæa stood the celebrated colossal statue of Minerva, executed by Phidias after the battle of Marathon, the height of which, including the pedestal, was sixty feet. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 For the rest, a serene and touching beauty lingers around and hallows every relic which attests the hand of Phidias, or marks the country of Pericles and Epaminondas. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Phidias, Socrates, Sophocles, and other renowned men stood near him. Pushing to the Front She was of medium height, and her figure would have served as a model for the skill of a Phidias. The Kentucky Ranger His most famous statue was a Venus, or Aphrodite, concerning which it is related that Agoracritus, another celebrated pupil of Phidias, contended with Alcamenes in making a statue of that goddess. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture It was the early image of Athena, not the Athena Parthenos by Phidias, that was annually washed in the sea, and for which the peplos was woven by the chosen women of Athens. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece The "Eros" of Phidias was not the helpless, dumpy cherub "Cupid"—he was a slender-limbed boy of twelve years who showed collar-bone and revealed every rib. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians This statue was made by the celebrated Phidias, and was 150 cubits high. A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses The canvas spoke and the marble breathed when Apelles painted and Phidias carved. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales In truth, he is recognized as the sculptor who most nearly approached the great Phidias. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Here the art of the sculptor had the fullest scope, and it is in such cases that he could, as Quintilian said of Phidias, "make some addition to the received religion." Religion and Art in Ancient Greece The Parthenon stands before him as it left the hand of Phidias. Journeys to Bagdad There were Lord Sunium, who was not only a peer but a poet; and his lady, a Greek, who looked just finished by Phidias. The Young Duke And who are the great composers, who hereafter will rank with Homer, with Sophocles, with Praxiteles, or with Phidias? Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography While the plastic art of Athens, or the Attic school of sculpture, reached its greatest excellence in Phidias, there was in the Peloponnesus another school of much importance. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Pericles, for example, doubtless wished to make the Athena Parthenos of Phidias the official and visible representation of the goddess of Athens, and thereby to raise the religious ideals of the Athenians. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Yet we shut our eyes to the great truth into which all truths merge, and we call upon the Pict, or the Sarmatian, to produce the forms of Phidias and Praxiteles. Tancred Or, The New Crusade You think you are going to do better things—each of you—than Titian and Phidias—write better than Virgil—think more wisely than Solomon. A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) The sculptor, Phidias, was the friend and adviser of Pericles and to him was given the general charge of all matters relating to art. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail He was thus about twelve years younger than Phidias. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Sophocles was a friend and companion of Pericles, and therefore probably of Phidias; and in both alike we see the same harmony and absence of exaggeration that are characteristic of Greek art at its best. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Sculptor, as Phidias; statesman, as Pericles; dramatist, as Aeschylus; general, as Themistocles; stern justice, as Aristides,—Greece can show; and such characters the historians, dramatists, and epic poets will delineate and celebrate. A Hero and Some Other Folks A broad necklace of pearls and diamonds set off her superb neck; bracelets of the same kind encircled her arms, that might have served as a model for Phidias. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia The Parthenon of Pericles was built on the site of an older temple as a treasury, and repository of the colossal statue of Athena, made by Phidias from gold and ivory. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail Polycleitus was held in such esteem that many of the ancient writers couple his name with that of Phidias. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The same notion underlies the saying quoted by Strabo, that Phidias was "either the only man that saw, or the only man that revealed to others the images of the gods." Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Her face became like that of a beautiful masterpiece of Phidias: pure, cold, and true. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension And they are imitations of ancient contests, for in the days of Phidias the contests for boys were not yet established. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Masonry is not everything; it is a thing as distinctly featured as a statue by Phidias or a painting by Angelo. The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry The art of Phidias and Polycleitus was the art of Greece at its best period. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Above all, the monotheistic idea, even if associated with the name of Zeus, tended to become an abstract conception with little relation to the national god of Hellas, whom Phidias embodied in his Olympian statue. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece It is scarcely worth while here to descant upon the work of Phidias or Sophocles, and to analyse its excellence. Platform Monologues At the top of the throne, Phidias has represented above the head of Zeus the three Graces and three Seasons. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Themistocles was preparing the way for Pericles; for then was being collected the treasure of Delos, which made Phidias and the Parthenon possible. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Imagine the Parthenon as it must have looked with the frieze of the mighty Phidias fresh from the chisel. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art The age of Pericles was also the age of Phidias. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece It was so at Athens in that glorious age of Pericles and the succeeding generation, the age of the great tragedians, of Thucydides, of Aristophanes and of Phidias. Platform Monologues And the figure with its head muffled up in a scarf is, they say, Pantarcas, who was a native of Elis and the darling of Phidias. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two It had a splendor and majesty such as Phidias might have given to a woman Jupiter. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches Men loved her, but in awe, as one loves the marbles of Phidias. Parrot & Co. In the latter part of the fifth century the genius of Phidias had so dominated religious art that the works of his successors, men like Alcamenes and Agoracritus, could hardly be distinguished from his. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece The Elizabethan language possessed the noble solid grandeur of a statue of Phidias or Angelo. Platform Monologues And that the statue of Zeus was the work of Phidias is shown by the inscription written at the base of it: "Phidias the Athenian, the son of Charmides, made me." Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two The nose is straight and slender, and suggests the chisel of Phidias, and from the expansive brow we infer a broad culture and comprehensive understanding. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua The statues on each side, the works, as they are inscribed, of Phidias and Praxiteles, stood in undiminished grandeur, representing Castor and Pollux, who with majestic power tamed the rearing animal at their side. The Last Man The pageant also, once more paying tribute to Wisdom, was noble and beautiful as in the days of Phidias. Roads from Rome The amazing beauty of the sculpture and the unsurpassed skill of Phidias were never fully revealed until its home had been changed from Athens to Bloomsbury. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres They make the god also to have testified to the art of Phidias. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Their most renowned artists, Phidias, Praxiteles, and Lysippus, were sculptors. History Of Ancient Civilization I have not chanted verse like Homer, no— Nor swept string like Terpander, no—nor carved 140 And painted men like Phidias and his friend; I am not great as they are, point by point. Men and Women His biographer tells us that when Angelo grew old and blind he was accustomed to ask his servant to lead him to the torso of Phidias. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Donatello may be the mediæval complement of Phidias, but he is not his artistic offspring. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres While I was sick, especially at the end of the second week, I remodelled all the works of Phidias and Michael Angelo. Atlantis And this large, ugly, unmeaning composition--they have the temerity to call the union of art by Phidias and Bouchardon--with the inspiration of sublime poetry! A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two But the man who made what one may as well call "The Theseus" and "The Ilissus," the man whom one may as well call Phidias, crowns the last vital movement in the Hellenic slope. Art The supreme sculptors are apparently two or three: Phidias and Michelangelo, beyond all question, and with them probably we ought also to place Donatello. Inquiries and Opinions The Greeks were famous for their works in ivory; the great master of the art of carving statues in it was Phidias. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. There are archaic statues that are almost as nobly beautiful as any work by Phidias and more beautiful than almost any work that has been done since his time. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects Phidias was a famous Greek sculptor who lived in the age of Pericles and beautified Athens with his works. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Did Phidias from her brow the veil remove, Uncurtaining the peerless queen of love? The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras Suppose that, in restoring the Minerva of Phidias according to the texts, we produced a dry, jarring, artificial whole; what must we conclude? The Life of Jesus As the lamp guards the flame, so the bare, marble halls Of the Parthenon keep, in their desolate space, The memory of Phidias enshrined in their walls. Records of a Girlhood One might point out that the greatest artists, from Phidias to Rembrandt, have occupied themselves with illustration, and that to formulate the ideals of a race and an epoch is no mean task. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects They have left on record how the calm and majestic expression of a face carved by a Phidias quieted, charmed, strengthened them. Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking The question involves the whole difference between Madame Tussaud and Phidias. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Still, it is at your service, and I’ve no doubt that either Phidias or Benvenuto Cellini will carve out a paddle for you if you ask him to.” The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. I wondered what Phidias would have said to the "cuttings," and whether the Miss Binghams imagined it a Briticism. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') The Zeus of Phidias seemed to the Greeks, Plotinus says, Zeus himself, as he would be, if he chose to appear to human eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 This Phidias, the great Greek sculptor, carved into a gigantic figure of Nemesis, to represent Divine vengeance. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls She was no adventuress of the street, but an educated and brilliant woman, in whose home you might have met not only Pericles, but also Socrates, Phidias, Anaxagoras, Sophocles and Euripides. Woman in Modern Society We think a statue vast, colossal, of magnificent dimensions, if it be as much as ten or twenty feet high—as Chantrey's statue of Pitt, or Phidias's chryselephantine statue of Jupiter. Ancient Egypt We might have had outlines—first thoughts—"etched thoughts," by Phidias himself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 For instance, the fiends in the Orvieto Inferno are not terror embodied, as the Jove of Phidias embodied dignity and command; but the terrific is accumulated on the outside of them, as tusks, claws, etc. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 The matchless temples and colonnades which arose on the Acropolis, adorned by the sculptures of Phidias, are still the wonder of the world. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The magic hand that carved this face, And set this vine-work round it running, Perhaps ere mighty Phidias wrought Had lost its subtle skill and cunning. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics In some places Michael Angelo, Leonardo, Phidias, Perugino, Turner, all finished with the most exquisite care; and the finish they give always leads to the fuller accomplishment of their noble purpose. Selections From the Works of John Ruskin He was the key to the secret of Phidias and Ucello Pascal and Mozart. Balloons The figure is six times the length of the foot; this was the way Phidias worked, and I agree with him. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The chisel of a Phidias could hardly have exceeded such a form. The Log School-House on the Columbia The conception of Jupiter by Phidias was a great advance on that of Homer. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology When she did so, she caught a glimpse of her arm which was as perfectly rounded as the fairest marble of Phidias. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall It was not, however, till the days of Phidias that it attained to its full splendour. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 Whereas in Sophocles, it is at once the finish of the chief figure and the studied harmony of the whole, which have led his work to be compared with that of his contemporary Phidias. The Seven Plays in English Verse I have not chanted verse like Homer, no— Nor swept string like Terpander—no—nor carved And painted men like Phidias and his friend: I am not great as they are, point by point. The Poetry Of Robert Browning On the frieze of the Parthenon was represented by the scholars of Phidias the procession of the Peplos. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Then he should proceed to Greek sculpture, for from pottery to Phidias is only one step. Reviews But in the representative collection of casts belonging to the Cambridge Archæological Museum, one may trace the career of Greek art backwards from Phidias to the rude idol. Custom and Myth To Phidias we owe the great era, not merely in Greek, but in all art—I mean of the introduction of the use of the living model. Miscellanies These marbles have become celebrated throughout the civilised world, and the name of Elgin is inseparably connected henceforth with the finest extant specimens of the power of Phidias. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits This conception grew up gradually, until it was fully realized by Phidias in his statues at Olympia and Elis. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Phidias turned not out his Jupiter so soon. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I No Demeter wrought by the craft of Phidias would have appeared so holy to the Phigalians as the strange old figure of the goddess with the head of a mare. Custom and Myth But there is a want of individuality among the connoisseurs clustered round Phidias, and the frieze itself is very inaccurately coloured. Miscellanies Phidias may be fairly acknowledged as the first great Greek sculptor, of whose career and whose works we have indisputable accounts. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits And here, over all, presided the great Jupiter of Phidias, within a Doric temple, sixty-eight feet high, ninety-five wide, and two hundred and thirty long, covered with sculptures of Pentelic marble. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology It marks the probable site of the colossal precious statue of the goddess in gold and ivory—one of the most celebrated works of Phidias. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Phidias covers his face with his hands, and, uttering a cry, falls to the ground. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The most ambitious of these pictures is one of Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends. Miscellanies Here we have master-pieces, beyond which the sculptors of the many ages that have passed away since Phidias laboured at his Jupiter in the Olympian grove have never reached. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Far more grand is the conception of Jupiter as it came from the chisel of Phidias, of which Quintilian says that it added a new religious sentiment to the religion of Greece. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology In the British Museum, among the Elgin Marbles, Phidias has carved a pile of heaped-up marble waves, and out of them rise the arms of Hyperion—the most beautiful arms in the world. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 The opening scene is at Athens, in the studio of Phidias. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But if he cannot, then there is no man alive to give this age what Phidias, Giorgione, and Watteau gave theirs. Since Cézanne Under these barbarous circumstances, the poetry that dwells in the heart of all people who cultivate some affinity to nature, fashioned the mould of a Phidias for the people of Athens. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits This is notoriously true of Greek, Venetian, Florentine, and Gothic Art: Phidias, Sophocles, Titian, and Raphael had each many precursors and companions. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England "I thought you two always went about together," she said--"were never seen apart and all that--a sort of modern Damon and Phidias." Jason He again demands the statues, for which Phidias has already received his gold. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Neither Phidias nor any of his descendants could inspire a high production through such means! Strange Visitors This metope is more angular in execution than the other metopes; and was probably executed, under the guidance of Phidias, by one of the old school of Greek sculptors. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits I am as pagan as Alcibiades or as Phidias.... Evelyn Innes My--ah, Phidias," said he, resisting an irritable desire to correct the lady, "got mislaid to-day. Jason We were Praxiteles, Phidias and Scopas; we had inaugurated the modest Venus and her sister in their temples, and we drank to our model goddesses in wines from the Ionian Archipelago. The Cross of Berny "The outline of life, which changes under every respiration, seems to have undulated under the plastic mould of Phidias." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 It appears that Phidias had his troubles, knew the force of a frown from men in power, and in exile produced his master-piece. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Let the architect show her as she came only in a vision to Phidias, while the dramatic writers and mathematicians and poets and philosophers go by. The Art of the Moving Picture Baron de Vries rose to his feet, for he saw that the Phidias lady was going. Jason As a poet he sculptures like Phidias, and his verse has all the dazzling purity of marble. The Cross of Berny Unfortunately, as in the case of Phidias at the Parthenon, we have only fragments, heads, arms, and mutilated trunks left of him. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty The situation afforded to the work only a secondary light, and, so far, prescribed to Phidias the manner in which he was to direct the execution of the figures. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits I believe that these works of Turner's are at their first appearing as perfect as those of Phidias or Leonardo, that is to say, incapable of any improvement conceivable by human mind. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Wisdom in the arts is the privilege of the superlative artists, such as Phidias in sculpture. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Why is it that we so prize a fragment of Phidias, a few lines traced by Raphael? Essays Æsthetical Alexander the Great, would suffer no statuary, except Phidias, to carve his image in stone or metal. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters His Master's countenance had seemed to him more wonderful than any face which the gifted Phidias had ever carved in stone. An Easter Disciple The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight On the other hand, the Athena of Phidias was, in very fact, not so much the deity, as the darling of the Athenian people. The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm You would rather hear through a braggart, indecent mouth that ought to be sewed up what Rodin said about Phidias. The Penalty Take from Greece Homer and Phidias, and Sophocles and Scopas, and the planner of the Parthenon, and you efface Greece from history. Essays Æsthetical There was an old sculptor named Phidias, Whose knowledge of Art was invidious. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations On each side of the portico there are three niches in the front, containing on one side Pericles, Phidias and Vulcan; on the other, Hadrian, Prometheus and Daedalus. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 The first that of Homer, of Phidias, of Virgil, of Tasso; the other that of the Prophets, of Dante, of Shakespeare, of Byron. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Nothing is more absurd, for the art of Millet was subjective, not realistic; it was in the feeling of the art of Phidias and the Italian renaissance, not in the modern pose plastique. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I On each side of the portico, there are three niches in the front, containing on one side, Pericles, Phidias and Vulcan; on the other, Hadrian, Prometheus and Dædalus. Views a-foot Phidias is said to have formed the images of gods and men most perfectly, and to have far surpassed his rivals, especially in ivory. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Men say, Phidias, Praxiteles, and know that they did greatly and sufficiently. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Therefore, though we have never seen anything of any kind more beautiful than the statues of Phidias and than those pictures which I have named, still we can imagine something more beautiful. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 The building is said to have been 215 feet long, ninety-seven feet broad, and seventy feet high; here stood the statue of Minerva, by Phidias. A Woman's Journey Round the World In the morning I climbed the Quirinal Hill, now called Monte Cavallo, from the colossal statues of Castor and Pollux, with their steeds, supposed to be the work of Phidias and Praxiteles. Views a-foot Lord Elgin has been at an immense expense in transporting the great collection of splendid ruins, among them some of the original statues of Phidias, the celebrated ancient sculptor. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. It was a bronze, had been transported either from Athens or from a town of Phrygia, and was supposed to be the work of Phidias. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Nay, when the Athena of Phidias has put forth her hand and received therein a Victory, in that attitude she stands for evermore. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus The gold and ivory statue of Jupiter was, like that of Minerva, the production of the masterly hand of Phidias. A Woman's Journey Round the World Oh, for a Phidias or a Praxiteles to have made the wonder of her body immortal! The Red One To Phidias we owe the great era, not merely in Greek, but in all art - I mean of the introduction of the use of the living model. Essays and Lectures In Olympia he is said to have uttered the saying everybody has heard, that Phidias had carved Homer's Jupiter. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans You journey to Olympia to see the work of Phidias; and each of you holds it a misfortune not to have beheld these things before you die. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus But I need not continue; for, of course, this is your story just as much as it is mine; and, strange to think, it was Shakespeare's too, and Beethoven's, and Phidias's. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 Five hundred years before Christ, in the bloom period of thought—the period of Aeschylus, Phidias, Pericles, Socrates, and Plato—appeared Hippocrates, one of the greatest names in history. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom The instinct of property is to make the industry of Daedalus, as well as the talent of Phidias, subservient to its own fantastic whims and disgraceful pleasures. What is Property? Phidias the Molder had, as has before been said, undertaken to make the statue of Minerva. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Who then is a Stoic—in the sense that we call a statue of Phidias which is modelled after that master's art? The Golden Sayings of Epictetus His most noted work was the statue at Rhamnus of Nemesis, by some attributed to Phidias himself. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 When Phidias and Praxiteles had their statues of goddesses unveiled in the temples of the AEgean, don't you suppose there was a passionate beating of hearts, a thrill of mysterious terror? Roderick Hudson Her heart yearned to follow the household of Anaxagoras; but Philothea strengthened her own conviction that duty and gratitude both demanded she should remain with Phidias. Philothea A Grecian Romance Is he not a workman in the shop of Phidias the sculptor? The Spartan Twins Some art critics have—more especially of late years—decried the workmanship of these marbles, and have argued that they could not possibly have been the work of Phidias. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 Indeed, it has often been asserted, that the statues by Phidias and Praxiteles were so inimitably executed, that the people of Paros adored them as living gods. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 I might sit to Phidias, if he would promise to be very amusing and make me laugh. Roderick Hudson "You have as yet given us no tidings of Phidias and his household," said Philothea. Philothea A Grecian Romance She is much younger than her husband, and, though not exactly a model for Phidias, a fascinating woman. Vivian Grey But the genius of Q. Hortensius, even in his early youth, like one of Phidias's statues, was no sooner beheld than it was universally admired! Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. The labours of Phidias, Myron, Praxiteles, Lysippus, and Scopas,6 were highly valued by the Romans, who became the correct imitators, and in time the rivals, of those celebrated sculptors. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 If Phidias were to come back, he would recommend you to give it up. Roderick Hudson "I have heard that she remains at the house where Phidias died," rejoined Plato. Philothea A Grecian Romance In the foreground Medora, motionless, stands rooted to the strand, and might have inspired Phidias with a personification of Despair. Vivian Grey That," he said, "is the workshop of Phidias. Buried Cities, Volume 2 Olympia You cannot have another Phidias till man again believes in Jupiter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Phidias and Praxiteles," Miss Blanchard remarked, "had the advantage of believing in their goddesses. Roderick Hudson Phidias gave him his freedom the day they left Athens; and after his death, the people of Elis bestowed upon him fifty drachmæ. Philothea A Grecian Romance Here was the statue of Victory, six feet high, which the Jupiter Olympus of Phidias had held in his hand. A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") When it was finished," Glaucon answered solemnly, "Phidias stood before it and prayed to Zeus to tell him whether it pleased the god. Buried Cities, Volume 2 Olympia Greek art in those days began with Phidias and ended with the Apollo Belvedere; and a child could travel from one to the other without danger of losing his way. The Greater Inclination "Mr. Hudson may be a new Phidias, but Venus and Juno—that 's you and I—arrived to-day in a very dirty cab; and were cheated by the driver, too." Roderick Hudson "You shall see the Pallas Athenæ, carved by Phidias." Philothea A Grecian Romance This French Phidias was a Calvinist, and one of the numerous victims of St. Bartholomew's day, being shot on his scaffold, as he was at work on the Louvre, the 24th of August 1572. Paris as It Was and as It Is A hundred pictures were floating in Charmides' mind—Phidias, Zeus, Creon with the strigil, his own little Hermes, the strange people in the fair, the marble Apollo under the sculptor's tent. Buried Cities, Volume 2 Olympia Four children, more beautiful than ever visited the dreams of Phidias, made my dwelling a portion of Elysium, as I then thought. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra Phidias, who wrought the frieze of the Parthenon, counted among his wonderful creations the colossal sitting statue of Zeus at Olympia. Outline of Universal History Artaxerxes smiled, as he said: "Athenian stranger, the daughter of Artaphernes, lost on the coast of Ionia, was discovered in the household of Phidias, and the Greeks called her Eudora." Philothea A Grecian Romance Payne Knight wrote the preface, in which he maintains that the friezes and metopes of the Parthenon were not the actual work of Phidias, "but … architectural studies … probably by workmen scarcely ranked among artists." Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 In his day Praxiteles had been almost as famous as Phidias. Buried Cities, Volume 2 Olympia I have stood before the Parthenon, and have almost worshipped that divine achievement of the immortal Phidias. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra Among the first objects which particularly interested Mr. West, and which he never ceased to re-visit day after day with increasing pleasure, were the celebrated statues ascribed to Phidias, on the Monte Cavallo. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself The proposal of Alcibiades was civilly declined; the promised sum paid to his faithless steward, and the necklace, given by Phidias, redeemed. Philothea A Grecian Romance And so just as serenely she hides in mould the god-like shape of Phidias's Zeus as the simplest pebble, and gives the vile worm for food the priceless verse of Sophokles. The Jew and Other Stories This temple contained a very remarkable statue of the god, the work of Eleas, the master of Phidias. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 That, by Apollo! is what no one ever told me; I could not think what connection there could be between Phidias and Peace. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Accordingly, in mental character, this figure holds the first station in modern art; and I believe we may venture to say, had no competitor in ancient, except those of the Jupiter and Minerva by Phidias. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself But, my daughter, why is it that the commands of Phidias would have made you unhappy? Philothea A Grecian Romance He has watched Phidias, as he chiseled shapeless stone to forms of love and awe. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest Raphael and Phidias were always getting into his pulpit. Under the Skylights Out of the night Mr. Whistler has gathered beauty as august as Phidias took from Greek youths. Modern Painting Their merit and their fame found as animated a protector in Leo X. as Phidias experienced in Pericles, or Apelles in Alexander the Great. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself It shall be so," replied Artaphernes; "but this is a very small part of the debt I owe the nephew of Phidias. Philothea A Grecian Romance Some little Tanagra terra-cottas might have been fashioned by Phidias, and in literature Ulysses and Agamemnon were not the heroes of one epic, but appeared endlessly in epic and drama. Imaginations and Reveries Thus the Greece of Pericles and of Phidias fell, to be "living Greece no more." Moral Philosophy The painting of Apelles could not have differed from the sculpture of Phidias; painting was not then separated from her elder sister. Modern Painting The figure by Phidias on Monte Cavallo at Rome, the Apollo, the Laocoon, the Venus, the Hercules, and the fighting gladiator, are all perfect on the just principles I have mentioned. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself Such, no doubt, is the tendency of all reflecting minds," said Phidias; "but in general, the mere forms are worshipped, apart from the sacred truths they represent. Philothea A Grecian Romance Just beyond the Propylaea stood a great bronze statue of the Guardian Athena, a masterpiece of the sculptor Phidias. Early European History "Phidias has been acquitted of theft, but re-arrested on the charge of blaspheming the gods of the State." Historical Miniatures If Phidias' sketches had come down to us, the margin filled with his hesitations, we should know more of his intimate personality. Modern Painting Was it possible that in an age which gave a Phidias to the Greeks, there should not have been a Pericles to reward, by his patronage, merit so exalted? The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself "I believe that I love Alcibiades better than I ever loved Philæmon; and if the consent of Phidias can be obtained, I cannot see why you should object to our marriage." Philothea A Grecian Romance The second and larger room contained a colossal gold and ivory statue of Athena, the work of Phidias. Early European History "Phidias of immortal memory lies dead in prison." Historical Miniatures For the art of Apelles could not have differed from that of Phidias; and the intention of many a drawing by Apelles must have been identical with that of "La Source". Modern Painting Conformance to the religious beliefs of his time certainly does not seem to have handicapped Homer or Dante, to say nothing of the preëminent men in other fields of art, Phidias, Michael Angelo, Raphael, etc. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years From this marble Phidias sculptured a statue of Vengeance, which was called Rhamnusia. Philothea A Grecian Romance Apparently the stranger, though habited as a Moslemin, was not insensible to the genius of the locality, nor indeed would his form and countenance have misbecome a contemporary of Pericles and Phidias. The Rise of Iskander "I would fain have seen Aspasia's memory better preserved; but since I have seen Athenians adorn themselves with garlands to celebrate Athens' overthrow; since I have seen Phidias…." Historical Miniatures The inhabitants, indeed, are not so impressed with their idiosyncrasy as the countrymen of Pericles and Phidias. Coningsby Near the beginning of the history of sculpture we are met by the legend of Phidias placing his own image among the gods. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Are you quite sure that you have not been more frequently than you would have been, if you had acted merely in reluctant obedience to the will of Phidias. Philothea A Grecian Romance Doric marble is replaced by the natural columns of the great trees of Oregon, and the frieze of Phidias, by the fretwork of the bark of pine and fir. The Jewel City Turning his back to the company, absorbed in thought and tracing designs on the ground, as though he were always at work, stood Phidias, the man "who made gods for Athens." Historical Miniatures Of Greek work itself I have never spoken but with a reverence quite infinite: I name Phidias always in exactly the same tone with which I speak of Michael Angelo, Titian, and Dante. The Two Paths They are late Roman copies, but probably from Phidias,—not by Lysippus or Praxiteles; and he felt the presence of Michel Angelo in the Baths of Diocletian. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne I well remember the day when you broke the little marble kid Phidias had given you. Philothea A Grecian Romance Phidias formed sublime images of the gods, but lent them an extrinsic magnificence of material, and surrounded their majestic repose with images of the most violent struggles in strong relief. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature When Phidias sits here one would rather speak of his Parthenon and his Athene, whose robe even now glitters in the sinking sun. Historical Miniatures It was a favourite in the time of Phidias; it was an especial pet of the great ladies of Imperial Rome. Dogs and All about Them He makes a great discovery, or rediscovery, that Phidias's colossal statues of Castor and Pollux on the Monte Cavallo are the finest figures in Rome. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne In these exertions, Pericles was zealously assisted by Clinias, a noble and wealthy Athenian, the friend of Anaxagoras and Phidias, and a munificent patron of the arts. Philothea A Grecian Romance These statues are said to be the work of Phidias; but there is a terrible disproportion between the men and the horses they are leading; they give you the idea of Brobdignagians leading Shetland ponies. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 "But Phidias is of the race of the gods; that is more." Historical Miniatures I envy those old Greek bathers, into whose hands were delivered Pericles, and Alcibiades, and the perfect models of Phidias. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain It is a tragedy in marble, and Pliny, who had seen the works of Phidias and Praxiteles, placed Agesander's "Laocoön" above them all. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne "I am Eudora, the adopted daughter of Phidias," rejoined the maiden. Philothea A Grecian Romance But you take a journey to Olympia to see the work of Phidias, and all of you think it a misfortune to die without having seen such things. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion There is one of the many Laises who have sat to Phidias. Historical Miniatures How did Phidias charm the Cerberus of his animal nature to sleep, while his soul entered the Elysian Fields and beheld the forms of heroes? The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Suddenly a bare arm, worthy of Phidias or Praxiteles, whiter than Pantelican marble, drew aside the curtain. So Runs the World Hermippus, in a speech of considerable length, urged that Phidias seldom sacrificed to the gods; and that he must have intended likenesses on the shield of Pallas, because even Athenian children recognized them. Philothea A Grecian Romance In what consisted the real glory of the country we are never weary of quoting,--the land of Phidias and Pericles and Demosthenes? Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation Phidias hides his face in his mantle; he is ashamed for Athens. Historical Miniatures She lifted up arms that might have been a dream of Phidias chiselled in Parian marble, and stretched them luxuriously. Red Masquerade Pheidias, or Phidias, was to sculpture what Aeschylus was to tragic poetry,--the representative of the sublime and grand. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements After we came to Elis, Phidias treated me with more tenderness and confidence than he had ever done. Philothea A Grecian Romance The Olympian Jove of Phidias lives perhaps in the Moses of Michael Angelo, great as was his original genius, even as the Venus of Praxiteles may have been reproduced in Powers's Greek Slave. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations "Athens is dishonoured, if one has to swear that Phidias has not stolen." Historical Miniatures Phidias reformed this idea, and gave to her beauty and youth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 Like the other great artists of this school, Scopas exhibited the grandeur and sublimity for which Phidias was celebrated, but a greater refinement and luxury, as well as skill in the use of drapery. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements "Did Phidias express no anxiety concerning your unprotected situation?" inquired Philothea. Philothea A Grecian Romance He was twenty when he conversed with Parmenides and Zeno; he was twenty-eight when Phidias adorned the Parthenon; he was forty when he fought at Potidaea and rescued Alcibiades. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations If Phidias' statue of Athene must borrow its gold from the sun, that may prove that the gold granted by the State did not suffice, and that therefore there is a deficiency. Historical Miniatures To perform this well, and gain the praise resulting from it, is the business of our historical Phidias. Trips to the Moon From a moral point of view, sculpture declined from the time of Phidias. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements These worthy people have been guardians of Eudora, since the death of Phidias; and with much affection, they speak of her gentleness, patience, and modest retirement. Philothea A Grecian Romance Phidias also executed various other works,--all famous in his day,--which have, however, perished; but many executed under his superintendence still remain, and are universally admired for their grace and majesty of form. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations |
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