- king of the gods on
Mount Olympus.[citation needed] The
statue was a
chryselephantine sculpture of
ivory plates and gold
panels on a
wooden framework. Zeus...
-
Chryselephantine sculpture (from
Ancient Gr**** χρυσός (khrusós) 'gold' and ελεφάντινος (elephántinos) 'ivory') is a
sculpture made with gold and ivory...
-
other figures of
Athena on the Acropolis, the huge gold and
ivory ("
chryselephantine") cult
image of
Athena Parthenos in the
Parthenon and the
Lemnian Athena...
- Gr****: Παρθένος Ἀθηνᾶ, lit. 'Athena the Virgin') was a
monumental chryselephantine sculpture of the
goddess Athena.
Attributed to
Phidias and
dated to...
- antiquity,
Phidias was
celebrated for his
statues in
bronze and his
chryselephantine works (statues made of gold and ivory). In the
Hippias Major, Plato...
- order.
Callimachus was
known for his
exceptional work in
creating chryselephantine sculptures.
According to the
ancient Gr****
writer Pliny the Elder,...
- decoration.
Plaster or
stucco was
sometimes used, only for the hair.
Chryselephantine sculptures, used for
temple cult
images and
luxury works, used gold...
- The
chryselephantine statues of Apollo,
Artemis and Leto
occupy a hall in the
Delphi Archaeological Museum looking rather like a treasury. They constitute...
-
Preiss used
Brazilian green onyx for the base on the
majority of his
chryselephantine sculptures.
Green onyx was also used for
trays and pin
dishes – produced...
- and lithos,
English translation: "extremity" and "stone". Similarly,
chryselephantine sculpture used
ivory instead of marble, and
often gold on
parts of...
