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	POLYCRATES (ATHENIAN SOPHIST) - LoveToKnow Article on POLYCRATES (ATHENIAN SOPHIST) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It would be hard for a modern critic to rate Polyclitus so high: the reason is that balance, rhythm and the minute perfection of bodily form, which were the great merits of this sculptor, do not appeal to us as they did to the Greeks of the 5th century.
		Among the bases of statues found on that site were three signed by Polyclitus, still bearing on their surface the marks of attachment of the feet of the statues.
		The younger Polyclitus was of the same family as the elder, and the works of the two are not easily to be distinguished.
	37.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/POLYCRATES_ATHENIAN_SOPHIST_.htm (1396 words)

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		Of primary concern to the Greek sculptor was achieving a harmonious relationship of the parts of a statue to one another and to the whole.
		Polyclitus wrote a book outlining his theories and, about 440 bc, made a bronze statue of a nude Doryphorus (Spear-bearer) to illustrate them.
		Polyclitus devised a precise numerical scheme to determine the proportions of the statue.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761561691___49/Greek_Art_and_Architecture.html (3620 words)

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		Polyclitus is considered to be one of the six finest, if not the finest sculptor of the Greek period.
		Polyclitus was said to have been familiar with, if not a student of the great mathematician Pythagorus who developed many of the geometrical formulas still utilized today.
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		The book was used by artists following Polyclitus and was considered the "most renown text of its kind." (about.com) There are references to the text in other works that have survived.
		The Stoic philosopher Chrysippus wrote that Polyclitus supported his treatise with a work, "having made a statue of a man according to the tenets of his treatise, and having called the statue itself, like the treatise, the Canon.(abut.com) The same principles were no doubt applied to this work as well.
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	Polykleitos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Polykleitos (or Polycletus, Polycleitus, Polyclitus) was a Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC an the early 4th century BC.
		He also sculpted a famous bronze figure of a nude man known as the Doryphoros, or spear-carrier, which survives through numerous Roman copies.
		Furthermore they are Polyclitus descripted statues known as the Discophoros and Hermes.
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	Polyclitus of Argos - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Polyclitus of Argos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The many copies of Polyclitus' works clearly show his preoccupation with contrasting movements in the different parts of the body, and also with proportion, a subject to which he devoted a theoretical work, The Canon.
		Other works by Polyclitus (now lost) include Hercules and Wounded Amazon.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Polyclitus+of+Argos (157 words)

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		Polyclitus, it is said, once sculpted two statues at the same time: one in his living room, in public view, and one in his bedroom, which he worked on privately and kept wrapped in a tarpaulin.
		When visitors came by, they would comment on the public work, saying, "The eyes aren't quite right" or "That thigh is too long," and Polyclitus would incorporate their suggestions.
		People asked Polyclitus, "How can one statue be so good and the other so bad?" And Polyclitus answered, "Because I did this one and you did that one."
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	Classical Contrapost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Doryphoros of Polyclitus, an early example of classical contrapost.
		It can also be seen in the Roman copies of Polyclitus' amazon.
		Classical contrapost was revived in the Renaissance by the Italian artists Michelangelo and Donatello, as well as Leonardo da Vinci.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Classical_Contrapost.htm (194 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.01.32
		They also remind us of the dangers of using Aristotle as a source for the Presocratics: Aristotle's extant works are not histories of philosophy.
		Emese Mogyoródi ("Xenophanes as a philosopher: theology and theodicy") looks at Xenophanes' theological ideas from two perspectives, how they might have fit into the intellectual context of the day; and how to reconcile them with his naturalism.
		On the basis of the language of his two fragments, some modern commentators have suggested a Pythagorean influence on Polyclitus.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-01-32.html (3056 words)

	CMA Collections : Praxiteles
		The Athenian sculptor Praxiteles is a towering figure in the history of art.
		With Phidias, Polyclitus, and Lysippus, he was one of the most acclaimed Greek artists of the Classical period.
		Wealthy and famous in his own day (active about 380/70-330/25 B.C.), his fame has endured to the present day.
	www.clevelandart.org /exhibcef/apollo/html/6101502.html (232 words)

	ORO: Oxford Reference Online: Subjects and titles
		Written in clear, lively prose, this invaluable reference maintains a careful balance between fact and appraisal.
		In its pages, we encounter artists ranging from Polyclitus of Argos to Leonardo da Vinci, from Grandma Moses to Mary Cassatt, from Max Beckmann to Andy Warhol.
		Here also are periods and movements, including the Classical period, the Renaissance, the Ancients, Impressionism, the Ash-can School, and Cubism, as well as techniques and styles such as encaustic painting, encarnado, lithography, cabinet painting, and blot drawing.
	www.oxfordreference.com /pages/Subjects_and_Titles__2E_AA03 (129 words)

	Celtic War Queen Who Challenged Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He told them "it would be well to await a new governor who would deal gently with those who surrendered." Then he reported to Rome "that they should expect no end to hostilities unless a replacement were found for Suetonius."
		Nero dispatched one of his administrators, a freed slave named Polyclitus, to investigate the situation.
		Soon afterward, when Suetonius lost some ships and their crews to a British raid, he was recalled.
	www.historynet.com /mh/blceltic_war_queen/index2.html (1139 words)

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		The movement of the leg actually affects the other parts of the body unlike the Kouros - Weight shift is introduced by Polyclitus a.
		slight shift in hips - Polyclitus also develops the musculo-skeletal system in his sculptures so that we sense the matter underneath not...
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	Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) by Warren G. Moon : Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Book Title -- Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
		B.C., Art, Art and Art Instruction, Classic Art, Criticism and interpretation, Doryphorus, Individual Sculptors And Their Work, Polyclitus,, Sculpture, Polyclitus
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	Phryne - Edward John Poynter at The Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Facing a contemporary reaction against the nude (see
		Horsley), Poynter attempted to anchor this painting firmly in the classical world with a belt-and-braces approach: he took the pose from a recent archaelogical find, and the title from a statue by Polyclitus -- even though the original Diadumenos was male!
		In, Poynter painted a larger version but, as the controversy about nudity boiled over, he had to add 'drapes'.
	www.phryne.com /works/95-62-20.HTM (87 words)

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