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Zeus, godly son of Cronus (or Saturn) was raised in secret, hidden from his murderous father. Cronus had already devoured his other godly children when they were born, and only the infant Zeus escaped this fate. Cronus was Lord of Sea, Sky and Earth. Zeus' nursemaid, the nymph Amalthea suspended the child Zeus on a rope from a tree suspended between the three realms and so invisible to his father.
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Phidias!!
ancient greek sculptor - in bonze & marble
known for zeus at olympia + athena in pantheon
ANDDD painter, engraver + metalworker
his lost artworks mentioned above survive in "descriptions of pausanias" (greek traveler + geographer)
these are the re-makings of the statues:
OKAY HELLO?? these are beautiful (especially considering they're re-makes), eSPECIALLY ATHENA. THE DETAIL. AAAAA
SHE'S 12 METERS TALL. i love that it also shows a human besides the statue, because it really exemplifies the POWER that she has, and the grace and the fact that shes A GODDESSSSS AA
anyway
phidias was commissioned for both statues by pericles, a greek politician + general (zeus was straight after athena)
alongside that, his workshop were also found by archaeologists, where they saw that a lot of the moulds found were also used to make his statue.
ALSO you can find writings by pausania here:
i started researching into this artist because apparently the pose on painting Napoléon on his Imperial Throne by jean-august-dominique ingres is inspired by phidias' sculpture of zeus:
i mean jesus christ this screams power. he (the painter) uses a lot of references used in art history to build up the image of a powerful figure (almost a deity)
anyway good fun
sources:
History and Archaeology Online. (2021). Phidias – Ancient Greece’s most Famous Sculptor. [online] Available at: https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/phidias-ancient-greeces-most-famous-sculptor/.
Wikipedia Contributors (2019). Pericles. [online] Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles.
The Art Story. (2011). Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. [online] Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/ingres-jean-auguste-dominique/.
Enfin trouvé un p'tit pot pour Blossom le cactus offert par papa. Petite figurine de zeus, cadeau de Grèce, de moi à moi.
