Phidian

American  

[fid-ee-uhn] / ˈfɪd i ən /

adjective

1. of, associated with, or following the style of Phidias, as exemplified in the Parthenon.

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Other Word Forms

• post-Phidian
  adjective
• pre-Phidian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Phidian

First recorded in 1800–10; Phidi(as) + -an

Example Sentences

But in spite of this, one does not feel that the artist has the same belief in the gods and in their power as we can see in the Phidian age.

From Religion and Art in Ancient Greece by Gardner, Ernest Arthur

Phidian or Michael Angelesque forms gather their own peculiar associations of divinity or power.

From Imaginations and Reveries by Russell, George William

The Apollo, the Laocoon, the Venuses, Diana, the head of the Phidian Jove, Bacchus, Antinous, the Torso Hercules, the Discobolus, the Gladiator Borghese, the Apollino,—all these, and more, the sumptuous gift of Augustus Thorndike.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret

When we find human forms suggesting a superhuman dignity, as in Watts' figures of Time and Death, or in the Phidian marbles, the type is there melting into the archetype.

From Imaginations and Reveries by Russell, George William

The other great Phidian ideal, that of Athena, was represented by several statues, both in Athens and in other cities.

From Religion and Art in Ancient Greece by Gardner, Ernest Arthur