Doryphoros

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Classical Greek statue Roman marble copy of Greek bronze original ancient Greek sculpture marble sculpture

Doryphoros is a famous Classical Greek sculpture of a spear-bearing athlete that exemplifies Polykleitos’ idealized canon of human proportions and contrapposto stance.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Classical Greek statue ⓘ Roman marble copy of Greek bronze original ⓘ ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ marble sculpture ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 440 BCE ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	key work for defining Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ paradigm of Polykleitan style ⓘ
artMovement	Classical Greek art NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Polykleitos’ treatise the Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
bodyType	muscular but idealized physique ⓘ
copyMaterial	marble ⓘ
creator	Polykleitos NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Greek athletic culture ⓘ Greek gymnasium and training ideals ⓘ
depicts	idealized male athlete ⓘ spear-bearer ⓘ
exemplifies	Classical Greek ideal of beauty ⓘ Polykleitan canon of proportions NERFINISHED ⓘ idealized human proportions ⓘ
function	demonstration of ideal human proportions ⓘ model for other sculptors ⓘ
gaze	calm and detached expression ⓘ
genre	Greek athletic sculpture ⓘ
hasLostOriginal	true ⓘ
hasNoInscription	true ⓘ
hasStyle	contrapposto ⓘ
headTurn	slight turn to the right ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	spear once held in left hand ⓘ
influenceOn	Renaissance art theory ⓘ Roman sculpture ⓘ later Greek sculpture ⓘ
knownThrough	Roman copies ⓘ
notableCopyLocation	Minneapolis Institute of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguageName	Greek ⓘ
originalLocation	ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMaterial	bronze ⓘ
period	High Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
poseCharacteristic	balanced tension between limbs and torso ⓘ relaxed left leg ⓘ weight on right leg ⓘ
scholarlyTopic	canon of proportions in ancient art ⓘ development of contrapposto ⓘ
subjectType	nude male figure ⓘ
titleInGreek	Δορυφόρος NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleMeaning	spear-bearer ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Ancient Greek sculpture → hasNotableWork → Doryphoros ⓘ

Polykleitos → knownFor → Doryphoros ⓘ

Polykleitos → notableWork → Doryphoros ⓘ