Cresilas
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Kresilas ( Krēsílas; ) was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia. He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follower of the idealistic portraiture of Myron. He is best known for his statue Pericles with the Corinthian helmet.
Key facts
- Artist.name
- Kresilas
- Artist.birth_date
- c. 480 BC
- Artist.birth_place
- Kydonia, Crete, Classical Greece
- Artist.death_date
- c. 410 BC
- Artist.known_for
- sculpture
- Artist.training
- In Argos, Dorotheos's school In Athens, Myron's school
- Artist.notable_works
- Pericles with the Corinthian helmet Athena of Velletri
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Kydonia
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Notable work
- Pericles with the Corinthian helmet
- Image
- Pericles Pio-Clementino Inv269.jpg
- Work location
- Athens
- Residence
- Athens
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- time period
- classical antiquity
- Commons category
- Kresilas
- Commons Creator page
- Kresilas
- date of birth
- 0480-00-00
- date of death
- 0410-00-00
- influenced by
- Myron
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Cresilas, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Work
- "Cresilla"
- References
- Sources
- External links
Kresilas ( Krēsílas; ) was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia. He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follower of the idealistic portraiture of Myron. He is best known for his statue Pericles with the Corinthian helmet.
==Biography== Kresilas hailed from the city-state of Kydonia, on the island of Crete. He was trained in Argos as a student of Dorotheos, with whom he worked at Delphi and Hermione. Between 450 and 420 BC he worked mainly in Athens, as a follower of Myron's school and in the post-Phidias period he brought elements of compactness due to the Peloponnesian period.
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