The Doryphoros

Jade Savage
Mrs. Crabtree
April 15, 2012
trick Appreciation Class
Cameron University
Formal Art Analysis
The Grecian Sculptor Polykleitos
And
His Creation The Doryphoros




This formal artistry compendium is for the Art Department of Cameron University. I am a student of Mrs. Crabtree of the Duncan branch, Cameron University.
Polykleitos was an antediluvian Greek sculptor practicing his art in the mid to recent 5th century B.C. Polykleitos work has been admired throughout accounting for its beauty, proportion, form and he is considered to be one of the greatest sculptors in the classical art world. The two things Polykleitos paid attention the intimately in his work was composition (the the Contrapposto) and proportion (the decree). Polykleitos statues were ordinarily nude, and he liked to explore the movement with his statues, as closely as the masculinity in his work arguen with his flesh and muscle instead of his statues being more than realistic he chose to carry his statues more perfect and muscular as most antiquated Greek works explore as the Greeks fashioned themselves from the mentation that perfection would surely mean goodness also.




I lead try to be as objective with my formal analysis as possible while pointing out my observations of The Doryphoros with as ofttimes detail as I point out the form, line, shape, grain and balance from this work of Polykleitos.
Polykleitos was very well known of the art world in his time. One of his most famous being The Doryphoros was also at times called the Spearbearer. It was originally cast from graceful bronze in the years of 440-450 B.C. It is believed that Polykleitos created this statue to support his Canon theory. Canon being a proportion he believed was the perfect ratio of 1 to 7 and he used it throughout his sculptures to show the absolute perfection in his men he sculpted. legion(predicate) artists went on to copy Polykleitos theory for years to come. This idea suggests Polykleitos was more attentive to the idealized form as he...If you want to get at a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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