Critius
Kritios was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early 5th century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the Severe style of Early Classicism in Attica. He was the teacher of Myron. The new group stood in the Agora of Athens and its composition is known from Roman copies.
Also recorded as Kritios
Critius
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- Born
- Critius was born on 1 January 600 BC.
- Died
- Critius died on 1 January 500 BC.
- Nationality
- Classical Athens
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Kritios was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early 5th century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the Severe style of Early Classicism in Attica. He was the teacher of Myron. The new group stood in the Agora of Athens and its composition is known from Roman copies.
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Its easy naturalism and relaxed contrapposto set it apart from the Late Archaic conventional kouroi that preceded it. It was re-discovered too late (1865) to have had an effect on Neoclassical sculpture, as it would have done if it had been known a century earlier.
Ptolichus of Corcyra is recorded as having studied under Critius. The recorded working language is Ancient Greek. Work by Critius is recorded in the collections of Acropolis Museum.
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Critius died.
600
Critius born.
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- 1.The "Tyrant-killers" (Τυραννοκτόνοι), Harmodius and Aristogeiton, the heroic lovers who slew the tyrant Hipparchus.
- 2.Sture Brunnsåker. The Tyrant-Slayers of Kritios and Nesiotes: a critical study of the sources and restorations. Svenska Institutet i Athen. 1971. 978-91-85086-00-9.
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