10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYCLITUS»
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Dictionary of the Artists of Antiquity: Architects, Carvers, ...
Here Paus. clearly distinguishes two artists of the name of Polyclitus, and
intimates that both of them were of Argos; for had either belonged to a different
city, it would have been sufficient to distinguish them by their country, without
introducing ...
Karl Julius Sillig, Edmund Henry Barker, Pliny (the Elder.), 1837
2
The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography
Lysippus' style early in his career is said to have been influenced by the work of
Polyclitus, also a southern Greek and unquestionably one of the most important
sculptors of the fifth century B.C. Polyclitus in his sculpture is said to have sought
...
3
Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition
Repetition and fragmentation accordingly characterize his treatment of Polyclitus.
In the course of explaining why Greek art is superior to all other art, Winckelmann
states that the major media developed at different rates. "The Jupiter of Phidias ...
4
Collection of Supplements to All Editions of Lempriere's ...
HerePaus.clearl distinguishes two artists of the name 0 POLYCLITUS, and
intimates that both of them were of ferent city, it would have been suflicient to
introducing the circumstance, that one of them was the pupil of Naucydes. The
last-named ...
Edmund Henry Barker, 1837
5
Athletics in the Ancient World
THE DORYPHOROS OF POLYCLITUS. GraecoRoman copy in marble of the
bronze Doryphoros of Polyclitus, known as the Kanon. About 440 B. c. Found in
the old palacstra at Pompeii. Now in Naples Museum. The spear is modern.
Photo.
6
Empire of Ancient Greece
Polyclitus's statue Doryphorus, or “spear-bearer,” shows a muscular man with a
taut arm and relaxed leg on one side of the body, while the figure's other arm and
leg are just the opposite. The style of Polyclitus fit into an ideal of Greek art that ...
Jean Kinney Williams, 2009
7
The Cambridge Ancient History
Marble copy of an original bronze statue of the Spearbearer of Polyclitus ofc. 440
B.C. For the Romans Polyclitus of Argos was, together with Phidias, the most
famous name in Classical Greek sculpture, and of his many works the
Doryphoros ...
8
Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia
Strabo has already noted, the Zeus at Olympi3) over those of Polyclitus. Although
Strabo concedes the 'technical merit' of Polyclitus, the fact that he does not, at 8.
6.10, make any specif1c mention of Polyclitus' Hera,17 the kolossos for which ...
Daniela Dueck, Hugh Lindsay, Sarah Pothecary, 2005
352-4), Dyroff proposed the Canon of the sculptor Polyclitus as the key to the
Stoics' reference to numbers. How effective is this suggestion? Polyclitus was
famous for saying, in his work Kanon, that: 'Excellence [in sculpture] is achieved
little ...
10
History of Aesthetics: Edited by J. Harrell, C. Barrett and ...
What we do not have in reality comes to us from imitation [in poetry]. SYMMETRIA
PYTHAGOREANS (Aristotle, De coelo B 9. 290b 12). <Ti7>v SaTpuv).
POLYCLITUS (Galen, De plac. Hipp, et Plat. V, Mull. 425; frg. A 3, Diels). 9. [
XpuaiOTto?] .
Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz, J. Harrell, Cyril Barrett, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYCLITUS»
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"Serial Classic" at the Prada Foundation
... Myron, Polyclitus, and Praxiteles looked like. Romans even made copies of the copies, often grouping them in series: a pair of satyrs inside a ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
The Grand and Sacred Temple of Artemis, A Wonder of the Ancient …
Sculptures by renowned Greek sculptors such as Polyclitus, Pheidias, Cresilas, and Phradmon adorned the temple, as well as paintings and ... «Ancient Origins, May 15»
Milan's Fondazione Prada: art with serious style
... paste, and presented in life-like pigments, most interestingly through the presentation of several important replicas of Polyclitus' Doryphorus. «South China Morning Post, May 15»
Prada Foundation collections refresh view of antiquities
They were not, in any case, the singular, timelessly beautiful creations of individual geniuses — Praxiteles, Phidias, Polyclitus, and so on — that ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
Channing Tatum, Jensen Ackles, Chris Hemsworth… Celebs and …
In the 5th century BP, Polyclitus established the canon. ... The two most famous sculptures by Polyclitus are Doryphores and Diadoumenos. «Yareah Magazine, Oct 14»
Louvre moves: scrums, dodgy loos and the 'Photoshop of the 19th …
Sure enough, there is the god Mars, his perfect proportions calculated five centuries before Christ by Polyclitus. “These are the foundations of ... «Irish Times, Aug 14»
Brian Sewell's essential art books of 2013
... preferring statues to be in modest bronze; and in his brief biographies of the sculptures of Polyclitus, Lysippus and Praxiteles, and anecdotes ... «Evening Standard, Dec 13»
In Praise of Art Forgeries
Even as far back as ancient Rome, Mr. Nagel shows, it was considered utterly normal to copy the Greek statues of Praxiteles or Polyclitus, even ... «New York Times, Nov 13»
Archaeology: Greece, Antikythera shipwreck on display
The statue was likely to have been made by artists from the Polyclitus school, such as Cleon, Alypos and Polyclitus III. The bronze original has ... «ANSAmed, Mar 12»
Cy Twombly's Ceiling at the Musee du Louvre
... Phidias, Polyclitus, Praxiteles and Scopas. The round shapes appear like shields, planets, or coins, while the blue background evokes either ... «Huffington Post, Aug 10»
