#doryphoros

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Closeup of the Doryphoros ('Spear-bearer') statue, 2nd-1st century BC Pompeii's Samnite Palaestra (gymnasium) Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (inv. 6011)

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Psychedelic Spear-Bearer

[kararadaygum]

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[eucanthos]

Polycleitos (Argos, 5th c BC)

Diadumenos (diadem-bearer) / Youth Tying a Headband. The Athens example, copy of bronze original ca. 420 BC. Marble: 1.95 m H. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Winner of an athletic contest, lifting his arms to knot the diadem. The figure stands in contrapposto. “The thorax and pelvis of the Diadumenos tilt in opposite directions, setting up rhythmic contrasts in the torso that create an impression of organic vitality. The position of the feet poised between standing and walking give a sense of potential movement. This rigorously calculated pose, found in almost all works attributed to Polykleitos, became a standard formula used in Greco-Roman and, later, western European art."

Doryphoros (spear-bearer). Rendered somewhat above life-size: 2.12 m (6 feet 11 inches), the lost bronze original of the work would have been cast circa 440 BC, but it is today known only from later (mainly Roman period) marble copies.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doryphoros.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doryphoros

Polykleitos - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadumenos

Photographs of the first excavations at Delos island, where both sculptures were unearthed. From the 19th c. French archaeologists book “Delos 1873-1913″.https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/13/excavations-greek-island-delos/

Kararadaygum Photography: Diadumenos portrait (top)

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thnx didoofcarthage & ancientprettythings

[junibgoode]

cuntraposto

[valentinabrecht]

Doryphoros Torso, 1st half of the 1st century A.D.

Basanite from the Wadi Hammamat, (h) 113 cm

Formerly in the collection of Cardinal d'Este. In the Villa Medici in Rome from the end of the 16th century. Entered the Uffizi Gallery in 1783

Despite being an extraordinarily hard stone that was extremely difficult to carve, basanite from Egypt's eastern desert enjoyed a certain popularity as a material for statues in the early imperial period because its bronzed hue lent itself admirably to reproducing the celebrated bronze masterpieces of the Classical era. It gave statues of rare perfection and outstanding quality, chiefly intended for the highest-ranking patrons of the time in consideration of their exorbitant cost, The Florence torso, in particular, is unanimously considered to be one of the most accurate and reliable reproductions of Polykleitos's Doryphoros (second half of the 5th century B.C.), capturing with rare sensitivity both the restrained power of the figure's muscular mass and the meticulous rendering of his anatomy

[yourfaveisagirlboss]

💖 The Doryphoros sculpture from Ancient Greece is a malewife! 💖

[salomi]

The MIA’s Doryphoros

Roman marble copy of the 1st century BC after a Greek bronze original that was made between 450-440 BC by Polykleitos.

Representing an athlete, this harmonious, balanced figure with idealized proportions, typifies art from the Classical period of Greece.

- Minneapolis Institute of Art.