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Praxiteles

395 BC - 330 BC

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Praxiteles (; Greek: Πραξιτέλης) of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no indubitably attributable sculpture by Praxiteles is extant, numerous copies of his works have survived; several authors, including Pliny the Elder, wrote of his works; and coins engraved with silhouettes of his various famous statuary types from the period still exist. A supposed relationship between Praxiteles and his beautiful model, the Thespian courtesan Phryne, has inspired speculation and interpretation in works of art ranging from painting (Gérôme) to comic opera (Saint-Saëns) to shadow play (Donnay). Some writers have maintained that there were two sculptors of the name Praxiteles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Praxiteles is the 3rd most popular sculptor (up from 4th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Greece (down from 47th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Sculptor.

Praxiteles is most famous for his statues of Hermes and Aphrodite.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Praxiteles ranks 3 out of 258. Before him are Auguste Rodin, and Phidias. After him are Camille Claudel, Benvenuto Cellini, Polykleitos, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Antonio Canova, Lysippos, Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brâncuși, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 395 BC, Praxiteles ranks 1. After him is Scopas. Among people deceased in 330 BC, Praxiteles ranks 2. Before him is Darius III. After him are Ephorus, Philotas, Peucestas, Archestratus, Alexander of Lyncestis, Kidinnu, Nicanor, and Ariobarzanes of Persis.

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    Praxiteles

    SCULPTOR

    395 BC - 330 BC

    HPI: 78.31

    Rank: 1

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    Scopas

    SCULPTOR

    395 BC - 350 BC

    HPI: 72.92

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Praxiteles ranks 54 out of 1,024. Before him are Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Pindar (-517), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Menander (-342), and Antisthenes (-445). After him are Irene of Athens (752), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Vangelis (1943), Polybius (-208), Xanthippe (-500), and Constantine II of Greece (1940).

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Among SCULPTORS In Greece

Among sculptors born in Greece, Praxiteles ranks 2. Before him are Phidias (-490). After him are Polykleitos (-450), Lysippos (-390), Myron (-500), Scopas (-395), Leochares (-400), Paeonius (-500), Alcamenes (-500), Chares of Lindos (-400), Ageladas (-600), and Antenor (-590).

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