jan 29, 450 BC - Spear Bearer / Doryphoros

Description:

Date: 450 BCE ~ 440 BCE (Classical)

Artist: Polykleitos

Medium: Marble copy from a Bronze original

Location:
original: Pompeii
current: National Archaeological Museum,
Naples

Function:
- to show the beauty of the human body

Form:
- closed stance
- canon of Polykleitos
- blocklike solidity
- broad shoulders
- thick torso
- muscular body
- ideal body of a Spartan
- the left arm held a spear once

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