Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Doryphoros by Polykleitos

Doryphoros by Polykleitos
Best marble replica stood in a gymnasium at Pompeii where it stood as a model for Roman athletes
450-440 BCE 
Marble
Pompeii, Italy
Polykleitos sought to portray the perfect man and to impose order on human movement. He achieved his goals through harmonic proportions and a system of cross-balancing for all parts of the body.

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