Pheidias

Pheidias The greatest sculptor and architect of ancient Greece, Athenian, whose main activity period was about 490-430 BC.

Athens was seriously damaged in the war between Greece and Poland. Phidias made outstanding contributions to the reconstruction of Athens, and he participated in the construction and restoration of the city. His sculpture is elegant, vivid and dignified. His early works include the Statue of Nemesis. Later, he created three statues of Athena for the Athenians and became famous. The architectural decorative sculpture of the famous Parthenon Temple was also completed under his design and supervision. Among them, the most famous work is "The Three Goddesses of Destiny".

The sculpture of the Acropolis in Athens reflects the sculpture achievements of the peak of Greek classical sculpture. It marks the peak of Greek classical sculpture. The subjects of the sculpture works of Phidias are mainly gods and people with "divinity". In addition to creating the incomparable "Olympic image of Zeus", the statue of Athena made of gold and ivory was also created in Athens. This is a standing statue, which was placed in the Parthenon Temple. In Greece, there is a tall stone mountain called the Acropolis of Athens. The Greek name is "Acropolis", which means "the city on the high hill". The Greeks built a very beautiful temple called "Parthenon Temple" at the top of the mountain to worship the huge and magnificent goddess Athena, once known as "Beauty".

In order to reflect the dignity of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, Phidias chose to use gold and ivory as sculpture materials. The statue is seven times the height of ordinary people. The goddess wore a sleeveless gown and a breastplate, which was decorated with snake lace, because the Greeks believed that snakes were the most intelligent animals. At the center of the breastplate is the head of Medusa. Around the head are carved scenes of Amazon women soldiers fighting with Greeks. Athena also wore a helmet with a sphinx on the top and a winged horse on both sides. Athena held a spear in her left hand and put it on the shield, with a snake wrapped around it. She holds a statue of Victoria in her right hand, which faces her and is offering her a golden wreath.

People think that the artistic style of Phidias is quiet and noble, and solemn and elegant. In this regard, later generations call it "the silence of the gods". Phidias is better than all Greek sculptors and is remembered and praised by future generations. The essence of Greek art is fully displayed in his blood: loyal to nature, at the same time good at galloping imagination in imitation and expressing ideals. Phidias is a formal idealized giant. Before and after his death, his classical style has always dominated the Greek sculpture art.

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