Leonidas Drosis
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Leonidas Drosis (Greek: Λεωνίδας Δρόσης; (1834/1836/1843 - 1882)) was a Greek neoclassical sculptor of the 19th century.
Born in Nafplion, he later studied in Athens and Munich on a scholarship provided by Simon Sinas.
Drosis's major work is the extensive neo-classical architectural ornament at the Academy of Athens, for the Danish-Austrian architect Theophil Hansen. The Academy was also funded largely by Sinas. Drosis sculpted the principle multi-figure pediment sculpture, on the theme of the birth of Athena, based on a design by painter Carl Rahl. This brought first prize at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.[1] Drosis is also responsible for the figures of Athena and Apollo with lyre on the Academy's flanking pillars, and the seated marble figures of Plato and Socrates, which were executed "by the Italian sculptor Piccarelli".[2] (The eight smaller pediments in the Academy complex are the terra-cotta work of Austrian sculptor Franz Melnitzky.)[3]
Drosis died in Naples.
Gallery[]
Tomb of Eugénie Boime-Simon
Irini Mavrokordatou
Owl
Ioannis Varvakis
Penelope
Ipsilanti Monument
Socrates Academy of Athens
Socrates Academy of Athens
Plato Academy of Athens
Sketch of Athena
Athena w/ Ionic Column
Athena Side View w/ Sphere
Athena Front View
Sketch of Apollo
Apollo Full View Academy of Athens
Apollo Half View Academy of Athens
Apollo Close Up w/ Ionic Column
Apollo Close Up of Statue
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Neoclassical Architecture in Greece, by Mānos G. Bīris, Márō Kardamítsī-Adámī, page 142
External links[]
Media related to Leonidas Drosis at Wikimedia Commons
- 1882 deaths
- Architectural sculptors
- Greek sculptors
- 19th-century Greek sculptors
- People from Nafplion
- Greek people stubs