Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions ... in the so-called Workshop of Phidias, purified clay “Head of Lemnian Athena” (between the 1st and 2nd century CE), Pentelic marble; from ...

The sculpture is a riot of drapery, deep folds cascading down from Athena’s waist. Jagged and rough-hewn ... And though we know that the statue featured here is derived from Phidias’s larger ...

Phidias, responsible for the ... with a gilded reconstruction of Phidias's lost Athena Lemnia. Placed inside the Parthenon, another Phidian sculpture of the goddess, colossal and cast in gold ...

Sosicles (after Phidias), Wounded Amazon, Second century A.D., Marble, Musei Capitolini, Rome. That is not to say, however, that there are no examples of paradigmatic Classical sculpture on display ...

The great Greek sculptor Phidias had high standards when he was carving the statue of “Athena” for the Acropolis ... Perhaps because works of art often outlast the artist’s lifespan, the ...

An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost 300 years, is resurfacing in Chicago. The 1st-century C.E. sculpture of the Greek goddess was acquired by Halsted A&A Foundation in 2023 ...

By Nick Marino TO UNDERSTAND the ethereal sculptures made by the American ... they’ve inspired sculptors since the Athenian master Phidias, who, in the fifth century B.C., carved anthropomorphic ...

Notably, the Athena is a composite figure, something common in 18th-century Italy when buyers demanded complete sculptures, even if they were assembled from unrelated parts. The head, carved ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...