Doryphoros

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Title

Doryphoros, or “The Spearbearer”.

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Artist

Polykleitos.

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Material

Bronze (replica). Marble (original).

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Date of Production

440 BCE, around the same time as the Parthenon.

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Style

Classical.

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Relevant Historical Information

  • First sculpture to display contrapposto — a term used to describe the body reacting to gravity, wherein the hips tilt one way and the shoulders tilt the other

    • The Greeks called this chiastic composition, a form that resembles the Greek letter chi

  • Body is composed in harmonious balance, and is relaxed, rather than rigid

  • Also called “The Canon” for its significance in terms of proportionate ideals

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Meaning

  • Humanism — Obsessive focus on the human form, elevation of humans to the authority and power of the divine.

  • Canonization — Representative of the Greek ideal, or the absolute standard of male beauty and proportion