Cresilas
Sign in to saveKresilas ( 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.
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- 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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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.