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Praxiteles

noun
1.
Ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC).






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"Praxiteles" Quotes from Famous Books



... appeared infinitely beautiful to me. Her golden hair, rippling over the delicate ear and gathered into a knot behind, her large violet eyes and blooming white skin, her Grecian profile and stately yet flowing form, might have become an Aphrodite of Xeuxis or Praxiteles; but her serene and gracious countenance beamed with a pure seraphic light which is wanting to the classical goddess, and must be sought in the Madonnas of Raphael. Moreover, she had an indescribable look ...
— A Trip to Venus • John Munro



Words linked to "Praxiteles" :   sculpturer, carver, sculptor, statue maker



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