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)
https://kararadaygum.tumblr.com/post/672887937879408640
https://kararadaygum.tumblr.com/
thnx didoofcarthage & ancientprettythings
