Polykleitos (or Polycletus, Polyklitos, Polycleitus, Polyclitus) the Elder was a Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC and the early 4th century BC. Next to famous Phidias, Myron and Kresilas he is the most important sculptor of the Classical antiquity. A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... (6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) The 5th and 6th centuries BC are a period of philosophical brilliance among advanced civilizations. ... (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Battle of the Allia and subsequent Gaulish sack of Rome 383 BCE Second Buddhist Councel at Vesali. ... Phidias (or Pheidias) son of Charmides, (circa 490 BC - circa 430 BC) was an ancient Greek sculptor, universally regarded as the greatest of Greek sculptors. ... Myron was a Greek sculptor of the middle 5th century BC. He was born at Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. ... Kresilas was a Greek sculptor from Kydonia. ... It has been suggested that Greco-Roman be merged into this article or section. ...

The Doryphoros of Polykleitos , an early example of classical contrapposto.

He was of the school of Argos, a contemporary of Pheidias and in the opinion of the Greeks his equal. He made a figure of an Amazon for Ephesus which was regarded as superior to the Amazon of Pheidias and Kresilas made at the same time; and his colossal Hera of gold and ivory which stood in the temple near Argos was considered as worthy to rank with the Zeus of Pheidias. He also sculpted a famous bronze figure of a nude man known as the Doryphoros, or spear-carrier, which survives through numerous Roman copies. Furthermore they are Polyclitus descripted statues known as the Discophoros, Diadumenos and Hermes. Skopas and Lysippus are successors of this sculptor. One of the most important characteristics is the Ponderation the so called Classical Contrapost. Image File history File links Copied from German language version of Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Copied from German language version of Wikipedia. ... Argos (Greek: Άργος, Árgos) is a city in Greece in the Peloponnesus near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor, named for Nauplius. ... Phidias, (or Pheidias), son of Charmides, (circa 490 BC - circa 430 BC) was an ancient Greek sculptor, universally regarded as the greatest of Greek sculptors. ... In Greek mythology, the , Amazons were either an ancient legendary nation of female warriors or a contemporary land of women at the outer edges of the world. ... Ephesus (Greek: Έφεσσος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was one of the great cities of the Ionian Greeks in Asia Minor, located in Lydia where the Cayster river flows into the Aegean Sea (in modern day Turkey). ... Kresilas was a Greek sculptor from Kydonia. ... In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hêra (Greek or ) was the wife and sister of Zeus. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... An elaborately carved ivory decoration Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, etc. ... Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th-century engraving. ... The Doryphoros of Polykleitos , an early example of classical contrapposto. ... The Discophoros, also spelled Discophorus, meaning Discus-Bearer is one of the figures in according to the Classical Greek sculptor Polyclitus. ... Head of the Diadumenos type, Louvre The Diadumenos or (diadem-bearer) is except the Doryphoros and Discophoros the most famous figuric type of Polyclitus and a basic pattern of the ancient Greek scultural art. ... Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles Hermés (pronounced HUR-meis; Greek: Έρμης: pile of marker stones), in Greek mythology, is the god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators, literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and... Scopas (c. ... Lysippos was a Greek sculptor of the fourth century BC. Among the works attributed to him are Eros Stringing the Bow (various copies exist; the best is in the British Museum); Agias (known from a marble copy found and preserved in Delphi); Weary Hercules (originally placed in the Baths of... The Classical Contrapost is one the most important characteristical signs of the figurative art of the Classical Greek Sculptor Polyclitus or his successors like Lysippos, Skopas and more in according to canon in the fourth century B.C. Is means the tension in the pelvis through the change from standing... Classical Contrapposto is one the most important characteristics of the figurative art of the Classical Greek Sculptor Polyclitus and his successors, Lysippos, Skopas and others, according to thecanon of Polyclitus in the fourth century B.C. It means the tension in the pelvis through the balance in changing from standing...

One of most important sculptors working in bronze in the 400s B.C., Polykleitos, along with Pheidias, created the Classical Greek style. Although none of his original statues survive, literary sources and Roman marble copies of his work allow us to reconstruct the appearance of his works. An essential element of this style is the use of a relaxed and balanced pose, known today as contrapposto, which was the source of Polykleitos' fame. Polykleitos was most famous for statues of gods and athletes cast in bronze, but he also created a huge gold and ivory cult statue of the goddess Hera for the city of Argos.

Polykleitos consciously created a new approach to sculpture and even wrote a book setting out his aesthetic theories, the first ever by a sculptor. The book, called the Kanon, has not survived, but references to it in other ancient books imply that its main principle was expressed by the Greek words symmetria and rhythmos. By this Polykleitos meant that a statue should be composed of clearly definable parts, all related to one another through a system of ideal mathematical proportions and balance. The sources also say that Polykleitos cast a statue to demonstrate the principles of his Kanon.

Polykleitos was the first sculptor known to have had a school of followers. The school of Polykleitos lasted for at least three generations, but it seems to have been most active in the late 300s and early 200s B.C. The Roman writers Pliny and Pausanias listed the names of about twenty sculptors of this school. The defining feature of their work was their adherence to the principles of balance and definition set out by Polykleitos.

His son, Polykleitos the Younger, worked in the 4th cent. BC Although he was also a sculptor of athletes, his greatest fame was won as an architect. He designed the great theater at Epidaurus. Polykleitos the Younger (circa. ... Panoramic view of the theater at Epidaurus Epidaurus (Epidauros) was a small city (polis) in ancient Greece at the Saronic Gulf. ...

References

• Polykleitos, The J. Paul Getty Museum [1]

• Polyclitus, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica; [2]

Greek works mentioning Polykleitos include: Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) represents the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century; indeed, it was advertised as such. ...

"Canon"

Pausanias, Description of Greece Pausanias was Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ...

• Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19c portrait. ... Naturalis Historia Pliny the Elders Natural History is an encyclopedia written by Pliny the Elder. ... Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) represents the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century; indeed, it was advertised as such. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...