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Alcamenes ( Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαμένης) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC. He was a younger contemporary of Phidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite of the Gardens were conspicuous. [1]
c.450 BCE - c.401 BCE. Alcamenes (flourished 2nd half of the 5th century bc, Lemnos, in the Aegean Sea, and Athens [Greece]) was a sculptor and younger contemporary of Phidias, noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite of the Gardens are noteworthy.
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Alcmenes (Greek: Ἀλκμένης) or Alcamenes, Alkamenos, was the 9th king of Sparta of the Agiad dynasty, from c. 740 to c. 700 BC. According to Pausanias, he was a commander in the night-expedition against Ampheia, which began the First Messenian War, but died before its 4th year.
views 3,857,716 updated. Alcamenes (ăl´kəmē´nēz), fl. 5th cent. BC, Athenian sculptor, said to have been a pupil and rival of Phidias. He worked in gold, ivory, and bronze. His Aphrodite of the Gardens at Athens was one of the first sculptures to display the body in detail beneath drapery.
Alcamenes. Alcamenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαμένης) was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC. He was a younger contemporary of Phidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite of the Gardens were conspicuous.
In this study, originally published in 1926, Sir Charles Walston sets forward his theory on the 'turning-point' in Classical Greek art in the second quarter of the fifth century BC, which he connects with the creation of the western pediment of the Temple of Olympia by the sculptor Alcamenes.
Quick Reference. Greek sculptor of the second half of the 5th century bc, a contemporary of Phidias and according to some ancient sources his pupil. Alcamenes had a high reputation (Pliny calls ... From: Alcamenes in The Oxford Dictionary of Art » Subjects: Art & Architecture. Related content in Oxford Reference. Reference entries. Alcamenes.
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