The Capitoline Museums have organized the first monographic exhibition dedicated to the legendary sculptor Phidias, who was at the healm of Pericles' fame at the Parthenon. An exhibition that seeks to fill in the gaps of what is known about his life.
Head of Zeus, first century BCE, terra cotta, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung.
© Frankfurt am Main, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung Artothek
“No artist will ever surpass Phidias,” said Rodin , whose work Pallas au Parthénon greets visitors to the exhibition devoted to the Greek sculptor. This choice by curator Claudio Parisi Presicce is surprising: For if Rodin raised Phidias, alongside Michelangelo, to the rank of absolute genius, one would expect to be greeted by the master of the exhibition. Yet he is there, but relegated to a room so narrow that it could pass unnoticed. Here we discover a presumed portrait of Phidias belonging to Copenhagen’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek,…
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