Pheidias

We find accuracy, delicacy, naturalness, yet grandeur, sentiment, and beauty, such as Pheidias represented in his statues of Jupiter.

The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852

But the fact is that after 2000 years of intervening Roman, Slavic, Byzantine and Turkish invasions and rule, the average present day Athenian is no more closely related - genetically or culturally - to Pheidias than is the average Londoner, just as there is nothing English about Stonehenge.

Night (not) in the Parthenon Museum 2 2009

Aspasia becomes good friends with the architect Pheidias as well as one of his apprentices Sokrates.

Archive 2009-05-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

We shouldn't expect a modern reconstruction to match what they could do back then, as it, for obvious reason, can't be made by a experienced sculpture painter who have spent years of training in Pheidias' workshop ...

Greek Statues in Color James Gurney 2008

One for the political commentary list: Pheidias Notes "Keeping things in proportion" by Pheidias.

Philocrites: Guide to UU blogs. 2007

Pheidias Notes: "Keeping things in proportion." —Pheidias Blogger: current

Philocrites: Guide to UU blogs. 2007

Had Plato been asked whether the Zeus or Athene of Pheidias was the imitation of an imitation only, would he not have been compelled to admit that something more was to be found in them than in the form of any mortal; and that the rule of proportion to which they conformed was ‘higher far than any geometry or arithmetic could express?’

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

The statue of Zeus in his Temple was created by Pheidias, whom we call Phidias, and is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

Pheidias did one other great work on the Akropolis, but that was apart from the Parthenon — another colossal Athena, this one in bronze, the "Warrior Athena" that stood near the entrance to the high rock's plateau (Pausanias 1.28.2).

Looking for the Lost Greeks Wills, Garry 2003

While the Akropolis was being decorated, Pheidias was busy with many commissions for his specialty: freestanding statues, mainly outsize, bronze when not chryselephantine, i.e., plated with gold and ivory over a wooden core, which took protracted labor by his large team of helpers.

Looking for the Lost Greeks Wills, Garry 2003