Praxiteles

December 29,2013

Reconstruction of the movement of Apollon of Praxiteles and his Vénus of Cnides

Which are qualities of a statue of Praxiteles?

The first is the flexibility. Thus known as the author of  Amours, in connection with Aphrodite de Cnide. “The talent of the artist, he says, is so powerful whom the marble naturally so hard and so stiff is softened to train each one of its members”. (Jackie Pigeaud)

                                        

Apollon sauroctorue
(the killer of lizard)

Hermes and Dionysos

Aphrodite of Cnides

Digital reconstruction Christian Comte

Musique Trentemoller