Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Almost Done

So close to being done with blogs, that is good because I'm running out of stuff to type. I recently beat a video game called Mass Effect 3. I would of given the game a perfect score, I mean I loved it. BUT it has one of the worst endings (and there are multiple endings, but I'm talking about them all) I have ever seen in any entertainment medium whether it is television shows, movies, or games it stunk. Now here is some information on Praxiteles the Greek sculptor. Not much is known about Praxiteles but what is known is that he was born in Athens, Greece. His area of expertise was art, mainly sculpting. He wasn’t a philosopher, he didn’t change or revolutionize anything but he was exceptional at sculpting. Praxiteles was a very famous sculptor of his time, he was the first sculptor to sculpt the nude woman form full-scale. He was also most famous for his god and goddesses sculptures, like the Aphrodite of Cridus or Hermes and the baby Dionysus. He eventually started a school of art focusing mainly on sculpting and usually he and his students used marble for his sculptures like most sculptors of his time. It is believed that his father‘s name was Cephisodotus the Elder and that he fell in love with one of his models, Thespian courtesan Phryne which he had children with. Not much is known of his children but one of his grandchildren named Praxiteles was also a very famous sculptor and followed in his footsteps. It was very common for names to appear every other generation in Greek society. His grandson sculpted but different than what he did, like his grandson was most known for his sculptures of the poor. The estimated time of his birth was 390 B.C. and estimated death was 330 B.C. putting his death just before Alexander the Great came into power. It is said that if Praxiteles was still alive than he more in likely would have been hired by Alexander. That is how good he was. Information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxiteles

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