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'''Pasiteles''' (sometimes called Pasiteles the Younger) was a [[Neo-Attic]] school sculptor from [[Ancient Rome]] at the time of [[Julius Caesar]]. Pasiteles is said by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] to have been a native of [[Magna Graecia]], and to have been granted Roman citizenship. He worked during a period where there was a demand for copies of, or variations on, noted works of [[Sculpture of Ancient Greece|Greek sculpture]]: the demand was met by the workshops of Pasiteles and his pupils Stephanus and Menelaus and others, several of whose statues are extant.<ref>{{Wikisource1911Enc Citation|Pasiteles}}</ref>According to Pliny, Pasiteles made an ivory statue of Jupiter for the [[Temple of Castor and Pollux|temple of Metellus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Smith, Sir William|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities|year=1859|page=1068|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LscPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1068}}</ref> |
'''Pasiteles''' (sometimes called Pasiteles the Younger) was a [[Neo-Attic]] school sculptor from [[Ancient Rome]] at the time of [[Julius Caesar]]. Pasiteles is said by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] to have been a native of [[Magna Graecia]], and to have been granted Roman citizenship. He worked during a period where there was a demand for copies of, or variations on, noted works of [[Sculpture of Ancient Greece|Greek sculpture]]: the demand was met by the workshops of Pasiteles and his pupils Stephanus and Menelaus and others, several of whose statues are extant.<ref>{{Wikisource1911Enc Citation|Pasiteles}}</ref>According to Pliny, Pasiteles made an ivory statue of Jupiter for the [[Temple of Castor and Pollux|temple of Metellus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Smith, Sir William|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities|year=1859|page=1068|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LscPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1068}}</ref> |
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Pliny states that Pasiteles worked in marble, silver, ivory, and bronze and never made a statue without first making a clay model. Pliny |
Pliny states that Pasiteles worked in marble, silver, ivory, and bronze and never made a statue without first making a clay model. Pasiteles wrote a famous book on sculpture and chased (''i.e.'' engraved) silver. Pliny refers to Pasiteles' book as ''quinque volumina nobilium operum in toto'' ("five volumes of noble art in the whole world") and ''mirabilia opera'', stating that Pasiteles is a better guide to chased silver than [[Xenokrates of Sicyon|Xenocrates]] or the other authorities. In Pliny there is some alternation of the spelling "Paxiteles" with the spelling "Pasiteles."<ref name="Biog">{{cite book|author=Smith, Sir William|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|year=1859|volume=vol. III|page= 133|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UcwPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133}}</ref> |
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==Pasiteles the Elder== |
==Pasiteles the Elder== |
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According to [[Pausanius]] i 30 §2, Pasiteles, in the time of [[Pheidias]], was the teacher of the sculptor Colotes. |
According to [[Pausanius]] i 30 §2, Pasiteles, in the time of [[Pheidias]], was the teacher of the sculptor Colotes.<ref name="Biog"/> |
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Revision as of 22:09, 26 October 2010
Pasiteles (sometimes called Pasiteles the Younger) was a Neo-Attic school sculptor from Ancient Rome at the time of Julius Caesar. Pasiteles is said by Pliny to have been a native of Magna Graecia, and to have been granted Roman citizenship. He worked during a period where there was a demand for copies of, or variations on, noted works of Greek sculpture: the demand was met by the workshops of Pasiteles and his pupils Stephanus and Menelaus and others, several of whose statues are extant.[1]According to Pliny, Pasiteles made an ivory statue of Jupiter for the temple of Metellus.[2]
Pliny states that Pasiteles worked in marble, silver, ivory, and bronze and never made a statue without first making a clay model. Pasiteles wrote a famous book on sculpture and chased (i.e. engraved) silver. Pliny refers to Pasiteles' book as quinque volumina nobilium operum in toto ("five volumes of noble art in the whole world") and mirabilia opera, stating that Pasiteles is a better guide to chased silver than Xenocrates or the other authorities. In Pliny there is some alternation of the spelling "Paxiteles" with the spelling "Pasiteles."[3]
Pasiteles the Elder
According to Pausanius i 30 §2, Pasiteles, in the time of Pheidias, was the teacher of the sculptor Colotes.[3]
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Smith, Sir William (1859). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. p. 1068.
- ^ a b Smith, Sir William (1859). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. vol. III. p. 133.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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