Praxiteles

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title: Praxiteles
text: Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no indubitably attributable sculpture by Praxiteles is extant, numerous copies of his works have survived; several authors, including Pliny the Elder, wrote of his works; and coins engraved with silhouettes of his various famous statuary types from the period still exist. A supposed relationship b
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description: 4th-century BC Athenian sculptor
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxiteles
date created: 2002-09-03T14:22:27Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T20:13:47Z
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