Polykleitos Research Paper
Kouros represents youth, moral and physical beauty of the aristocratic culture of Archaic Greece. On the other hand, Aphrodite represents the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Kouros is a life-sized sculpture and hands clenched at the sides and one foot slightly forward. In contrast, Aphrodite is given larger than real-life scale. The Terracotta Statue of the Diadoumenos is a copy of a Greek bronze statue of 430 B.C. by Polykleitos. The pose of the famous statue of the Diadoumenos by Polykleitos is recognizable in this statuette, but the slender, graceful forms conform to Late Hellenistic period.
Beginning with the early Classical period, Polykleitos was a well-known sculptor who sought perfection through "an all-encompassing mathematical
formula." His style is also known as what was made to be the "perfect statue". This statue was made of marble replica, it also served as a model for Roman athletes at Palaestra at Pompeii. The name assigned to the Polykleitos was canon. The Polykleitos statue was aimed to impose order on human movement, "to make it from beautiful to perfect". The statue has some what muscular upper body. The pose that the Statue has is an extremely complex and subtle organization of the statues different parts. The straight-hanging arm echoes the rigid supporting leg. By having this it provides the figures right side "with the columnar stability needed to anchor the lefts side dynamically flexed limbs. The figure's head is turned to the right side while the body slants to the left. This figure has a asymmetrical balance, while at rest. Neither Kouros nor Aphrodite have all these characteristics that Diadoumenos has. Comparing Diadoumenos with Kouros, there are only a few similarities: both celebrate male heroes, and reflect Greek attitudes toward heroism and individualism, and they both are nude. Comparing Diadoumenos with the Bronze Statue of a Goddess Aphrodite, these two sculptures reflected a shift into displaying the human form in more naturalistic body positions and expressionless faces.The muscles and body are so much more detailed and defined. They both are from Hellenistic period. Although both sculptures were infatuated with the perfect ideal of a human body, over time rules disappeared and people based their artworks more on realistic and natural everyday scenes.
Beginning with the early Classical period, Polykleitos was a well-known sculptor who sought perfection through "an all-encompassing mathematical
formula." His style is also known as what was made to be the "perfect statue". This statue was made of marble replica, it also served as a model for Roman athletes at Palaestra at Pompeii. The name assigned to the Polykleitos was canon. The Polykleitos statue was aimed to impose order on human movement, "to make it from beautiful to perfect". The statue has some what muscular upper body. The pose that the Statue has is an extremely complex and subtle organization of the statues different parts. The straight-hanging arm echoes the rigid supporting leg. By having this it provides the figures right side "with the columnar stability needed to anchor the lefts side dynamically flexed limbs. The figure's head is turned to the right side while the body slants to the left. This figure has a asymmetrical balance, while at rest. Neither Kouros nor Aphrodite have all these characteristics that Diadoumenos has. Comparing Diadoumenos with Kouros, there are only a few similarities: both celebrate male heroes, and reflect Greek attitudes toward heroism and individualism, and they both are nude. Comparing Diadoumenos with the Bronze Statue of a Goddess Aphrodite, these two sculptures reflected a shift into displaying the human form in more naturalistic body positions and expressionless faces.The muscles and body are so much more detailed and defined. They both are from Hellenistic period. Although both sculptures were infatuated with the perfect ideal of a human body, over time rules disappeared and people based their artworks more on realistic and natural everyday scenes.