CLAS 3P25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Riace Bronzes, Diadumenos, Polykleitos
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Pliny nh 34. 55: poluklitos of sikyon disciple of ageladas, made a diadoumenos (the fillet-binder) a soft looking youth which is famous for having cost 100 talents; and a doryphorus (the speak-bearer), a virile looking boy. This is a copy, the original is long gone: very expensive million dollar project. Spear bearer doryphoros of polykleitos, roman copy, bronze original, c. 440 bc. It was his invention to have his statue throwing their weight on one leg so he is identified with the contrapposto development. Hes seen as the master, taking the tradition that have been going on for 30 years and is coding it and defining it. Then from height down to fingernail again = to create a common measure. Looking at how to embed math into perfection. Pose: tense and relaxed at the same time. Standing, walking or stopped in a walking pose?= play between rest and movement.