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

She stood against the dark crimson background, outlined pure and white like a marvel of Phidian sculpture upon which the Spirit of Life had slightly breathed.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various

It is true that full drapery seems more consistent with the dignified and august figures of Phidian art.

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

Like the Phidian Zeus his proportions are all the more majestic for the distance which rounds over any venial defect.

From The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country by Mann, Henry

And underneath, Apollo, crossing the sea to Delphi, of the Phidian time.

From Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 by Ruskin, John

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