Calamis (4th century BC)
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Ancient Greek sculptor
Calamis (fl. 4th century BC) was a Greek sculptor. One of his pupils was Praxias. [1] [2]
- ↑ Karl Julius Sillig, Pliny (the Elder) (1837). Dictionary of the artists of antiquity: architects, carvers, engravers, modellers, painters, sculptors, statuaries, and workers in bronze, gold, ivory, and silver, with three chronological tables. Black and Armstrong. p. 34. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
Thus we must reckon two distinct statues of Apollo made by Calamis; and to these we must add a third, of colossal magnitude, which he made for the inhabitants of Apollonia, a city of Myricum, and which M. Lucullus removed to Rome, and ...
- ↑ Antonio Corso (2004). The Art of Praxiteles: The Development of Praxiteles' Workshop and Its Cultural Tradition Until the Sculptor's Acme (364-1 BC). Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider. p. 135. ISBN 8882652955.
Just as his younger contemporary Myron, Calamis worked for patrons, cities and individuals of oligarchic disposition. His creations were destined especially for the Peloponnese, in particular Olympia, Athens, and Boeotia, although a few also ...
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