Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition

Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 0299143104
ISBN-13 : 9780299143107
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Download or read book Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition written by Warren G. Moon and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition displays an impressive range of approaches, beginning with commentary on the artistic and philosophical antecedents that influenced Polykleitos' own aesthetic, as well as the role of contemporary Greek anatomical knowledge in his representation of the human form. Many of the essays offer extended analysis and detailed illustration of his surviving sculptures, later copies of his work, and reflections of his style in sculpture, paintings, coins, and other art in Greece, Italy, and Asia Minor. Several essays offer an extended discussion of Polykleitos' original bronze Doryphoros, its pose, its relation to other spearbearer sculptures, and the fine Roman marble copy of it now at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.


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