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Diadumenos
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The Diadumenos, together with the Doryphoros, are two of the most famous figural types of the sculptor Polyclitus, forming a basic pattern of Ancient Greek sculpture that all present a strictly ideali
The Athens example, with the quiver in view. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Height: 1.95 metres (6 feet 4 inches)
The Athens example, with the quiver in view. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Height: 1.95 metres (6 feet 4 inches)
Reconstruction, in a patinated cast at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Reconstruction, in a patinated cast at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Detail
Detail
Head of the Diadumenos type
Head of the Diadumenos type
Contrapposto
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Contrapposto, in the visual arts, is a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot, so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs in the axial plane.
Kritios Boy. c. 480 BCE, was the first known Greek statue to use contrapposto.
Kritios Boy. c. 480 BCE, was the first known Greek statue to use contrapposto.
Etruscan statuette, from Italy, 3rd to 1st century BCE, bronze
Etruscan statuette, from Italy, 3rd to 1st century BCE, bronze
The Venus de Milo depicts an S-curve body shape. Greek, c. 130–100 BCE.
The Venus de Milo depicts an S-curve body shape. Greek, c. 130–100 BCE.
Hermes from Thrace, 2nd century
Hermes from Thrace, 2nd century