-
instead of marble, and
often gold on
parts of the body and ornaments.
Acroliths are
frequently mentioned by
Pausanias (2nd
century AD), the best known...
-
International Business. In 1980,
Tempelsman bought, for $1 million, two 500 BC
acroliths representing Demeter and ****phone; the
pieces consisted of two marble...
- Gr****
sculptor of the ****enistic
period from Messene,
known for his many
acroliths found in Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium,
Lycosura and
other cities of the...
- Period".
National Archaeological Museum.
Retrieved 18
September 2023. "
Acroliths" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 155. "National...
- at all
periods images might wear real
jewelry donated by devotees. The
acrolith was
another composite form, this time a cost-saving one with a
wooden body...
- Demeter, was
carved by the
artist Damophon in 180 BC, is also
considered an
acrolith, a
composite of many
different materials with the head and
limbs made of...
- the many
other statues of
deities in
temples and
other locations. The
acrolith was
another composite form, this time a cost-saving one with a
wooden body...
-
Fragments of two
chryselephantine statues from
Delphi have been excavated. The
acrolith was
another composite form, this time a cost-saving one with a
wooden body...
-
phase dates from the mid-5th to the end of the 4th
century BC, when the
acrolith of
Apollo (440-420 BC) was
created and
another Temple of Demeter, near...
- an
Aphrodite purchased by the J. Paul
Getty museum, the
parts of two
acroliths purchased by
Maurice Tempelsman, and the
Morgantina treasure purchased...
