Polykleitos

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Classical-period artist ancient Greek sculptor person

Polykleitos was a renowned Classical Greek sculptor famous for formulating the canon of ideal human proportions and creating influential bronze statues such as the Doryphoros (Spear Bearer).

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Polykleitos canonical	4
Polykleitos the Younger	2
Polycleitus	1
Polyclitus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Classical-period artist ⓘ ancient Greek sculptor ⓘ person ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Classical Greece ⓘ
artisticMovement	Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ
artStyle	idealized realism ⓘ
associatedConcept	contrapposto ⓘ
associatedDiscipline	aesthetics ⓘ
associatedWith	Ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ surface form: Argive school of sculpture
associatedWithPlace	Argos ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Peloponnese ⓘ
authoredWork	Canon ⓘ
culturalContext	Ancient Greek art ⓘ
developedConcept	canon of proportions ⓘ chiastic pose ⓘ symmetria ⓘ
fieldOfWork	sculpture ⓘ
floruit	5th century BCE ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasWorkType	bronze athlete figures ⓘ freestanding statues ⓘ
inArtHistoryCanon	major Classical sculptor ⓘ
influenced	Classical sculpture ⓘ Renaissance artists ⓘ Roman sculpture ⓘ later academic theories of proportion ⓘ
influencedBy	Phidias ⓘ surface form: Pheidias
knownFor	Amazon statue type ⓘ Diadumenos ⓘ Doryphoros ⓘ bronze statues of athletes ⓘ formulation of a canon of ideal human proportions ⓘ
knownThrough	Roman marble copies ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	standard for ideal male body in Classical art ⓘ
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ
nameVariant	Polykleitos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polycleitus Polykleitos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polyclitus
nationality	Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Amazon ⓘ Diadumenos ⓘ Doryphoros ⓘ
philosophicalApproach	mathematical basis of beauty ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Argos ⓘ
subjectMatter	athletes ⓘ idealized male nude ⓘ
teacherOf	Polykleitos the Younger ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical period ⓘ surface form: High Classical period
workStatus	original bronzes mostly lost ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classical Greece → hasNotableArtist → Polykleitos ⓘ

Classical period → hasMajorFigure → Polykleitos ⓘ

Sicyon → notableCitizen → Polykleitos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polykleitos the Younger

Theatre of Epidaurus → architect → Polykleitos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polykleitos the Younger

Praxiteles → influencedBy → Polykleitos ⓘ

Polykleitos → nameVariant → Polykleitos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polycleitus

Polykleitos → nameVariant → Polykleitos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polyclitus

Ancient Greek sculpture → hasNotableArtist → Polykleitos ⓘ