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Myron of Eleutherae (480–440 BC) (Ancient Greek: Μύρων, Myrōn) was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. According to Natural History, a Latin encyclopedia by Pliny the Elder (AD 23 – 79), a scholar in Ancient Rome, Ageladas of Argos was his teacher.
Myron (en grec ancien Μύρων / Múrôn), né à Éleuthères en Attique, dans la première moitié du V e siècle av. J.-C., est l'un des plus célèbres sculpteurs grecs, bronzier [1]. Il est l'auteur de nombreuses statues d'athlètes, la plus connue étant le Discobole .
28 mar 2024 · Myron (flourished c. 480–440 bce) was a Greek sculptor, an older contemporary of the sculptors Phidias and Polyclitus, considered by the ancients as one of the most versatile and innovative of all Attic sculptors.
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Myron was one of the greatest sculptors of Early Classical Greek sculpture. He was famed for his sculptures of powerful athletes and life-like animals. He produced mainly bronze sculpture and was considered a versatile and innovative artist in his time.
11 mag 2018 · Myron. The Greek sculptor Myron (active ca. 470-450 B.C.) was one of the most renowned sculptors of the early classical period. Myron was born at Eleutherai on the Attic side of Mt. Kithairon, probably before 500 B.C. We do not know his father's name; his teacher is said by Pliny the Elder to have been Hageladas, the principal caster ...
Nel 1734 si rinvenne nelle fondamenta della Cappella Corsini nella Basilica Lateranense, a Roma, un busto romano con la firma Myron. Il busto, che si trovava a Palazzo Corsini, è andato poi perduto. Un'altra iscrizione ( M. Fecit = Loewy, I.G.B. , 488 a ) stava su un busto depositato nei magazzini di Villa Borghese, a Roma, ed ora in collezione privata.
The Discobolus is certainly Myron’s best known work as well as being an icon of Greek art. It embodies some of the principal ideas relating to ancient Greece: the passion for the Olympic games, the cult of the perfection of the human body, inner calm and the search for formal harmony.
