29 janv. 450 av. J.-C. - 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
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
29 janv. 450 av. J.-C.
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 2476 ans
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