Polykleitos
Sign in to savePolykleitos (; ) was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the 5th century BCE. Alongside the Athenian sculptors Pheidias, Myron and Praxiteles, he is considered as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity. The 4th century BCE catalogue attributed to Xenocrates (the "Xenocratic catalogue"), which was Pliny's guide in matters of art, ranked him between Pheidias and Myron. He is particularly known for his lost treatise, the Canon of Polykleitos (a canon of body proportions), which set out his mathematical basis of an idealised male body shape.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1984
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Prosōpographies Polykleitou Regkou (1925-1984)
- Prosōpographies Polykleitou Renkou 1925-1984
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Key facts
- Artist.name
- Polykleitos
- Artist.birth_place
- Argos, Greece
- Artist.death_date
- c. 420 BCE
- Artist.notable_works
- Doryphoros, Diadumenos, Discophoros
- Artist.patrons
- Argos; Olympia
- Artist.birth_name
- Πολύκλειτος (Ancient Greek)
- Artist.style
- Classical Greek art
- Artist.death_place
- Argos, Greece
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Key dates
- Born
- 490 BCE
- Died
- 420 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Ageladas
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Name
- Early life and training
- Works
- Diadumenos
- Doryphoros
- Style
- The ''Canon of Polykleitos'' and "symmetria" <span class="anchor" id="Canon of Polykleitos"></span>
- Conjectured reconstruction
- Followers
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Polykleitos (; ) was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the 5th century BCE. Alongside the Athenian sculptors Pheidias, Myron and Praxiteles, he is considered as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity. The 4th century BCE catalogue attributed to Xenocrates (the "Xenocratic catalogue"), which was Pliny's guide in matters of art, ranked him between Pheidias and Myron. He is particularly known for his lost treatise, the Canon of Polykleitos (a canon of body proportions), which set out his mathematical basis of an idealised male body shape.
None of his original sculptures are known to survive, but many marble works, mostly Roman, are believed to be later copies.