CRESILAS


Meaning of CRESILAS in English

or Kresilas

flourished 5th century BC, Athens, Greece

Greek sculptor.

He was a contemporary of Phidias . His portrait of Pericles ( 0441; 445 BC) generated a type of noble, idealized portraiture. A figure of a wounded Amazon ( 0441; 440 BC) is ascribed to him because of its resemblance to this head. Works attributed to Cresilas are known only in copies of lost bronze originals.

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