菲狄亚斯(Phidies)的名字几乎是整个古代希腊艺术的象征。两千多年来,人们一直在谈论着这位雕塑泰斗。近几年来,关于他的生平和创作,又成为全世界艺术史家们讨论的话题。三年前在佛罗伦萨开始展出的两座新发现的杰出的希腊铜像(详见本期《两尊古希腊铜像的发现与研究》)是引起这场讨论的起因。因为这位艺术巨匠的作品没有真迹传世,而在1972年8月16日于意大利南部卡拉布里亚沿海小镇里亚切海域中发现的这两座铜像,无疑又是希腊古典艺术的代表作,所以人们便有理由推测它们是出自菲狄亚斯之手。 Phidies’ name is almost a symbol of ancient Greek art. For more than two thousand years, people have been talking about this sculptor. In recent years, his life and creation have also become topics for discussion by art historians all over the world. Two new discoveries of outstanding Greek bronze statues (see “Discoveries and Studies of Two Ancient Greek Bronze Statues”), which began three years ago in Florence, were the causes of this discussion. Because of this masterpiece works of art there is no authentic heritage, and in August 16, 1972 in the coastal Italian town of Calabria Rialto sea in the two bronze statue is undoubtedly the representative of the Greek classical art , So people have reason to speculate that they are from Phidias.